Welcome to CWA Local 7201
Communications Workers of America
Local 7201
St. Paul & Winona Minnesota
Cities Credit Union
Serving CWA (Qwest) Members
Since 1936
District 7 Website
FMLA
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids foundation
NOTICE
Membership Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday in the months: Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan,
Feb, Mar, Aprl, May
Location is:
81 E. Little Canada Rd. (Laborers Council Building)
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IT'S TIME FOR
YOU
TO FIGHT FOR
YOUR
BARGAINING RIGHTS!
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Winona
Call to Action
Support your Brothers and Sisters at Verizon
Verizon demands include:
-Continued contracting out of work to low-wage contractors, which means more outsourcing of good jobs overseas.
-Eliminating disability benefits for workers injured while on the job.
-Eliminatoin of all job security provisions.
-Freezing pensions for current workers, and elimiating them for future workers.
-Replacing the current high quality health care plan with a high deductable plan requiring up to $6,800.00 in additional costs.
Meanwhile Verizon is doing just fine.
-2011 annualized revenues are 108 billion and annualized new profits are $6 Billion.
-Verzon wireless just paid its parent company and Vodaphone a $10 billion dollar dividend.
-Verizon's top 5 executives recieved compensation of $258 million over the past four years.
This is about you!
Thank you to those that came to picket at the Roseville Verizon store for the past 10 weeks.
We will inform you of future events.Our brothers and sisters are still bargaining with Verizon.
Show your support for your brothers and sisters at Verizon and send a strong message about our expectations in the 2012 CenturyLink negotiations
CWA & IBEW are currently in negotiations with Verizon for more than 40,000 workers.
These negotioations will set the tone for the bargining within the Telecommunicatin industry,
including CenturyLink.
A BEACON OF HOPE
offering help and support for employees and members experiencing problems with substance abuse, Chemical dependency or
other stress issues
Did you open your CWA mail?
The following CWA Local 7201 members won prizes for simply opening their mail, & returning a card to show support for their bargaining committee in 2012.
More opportunities may come your way
be sure to open your CWA mail.
Cash Prizes
$100.00 Talia Olding
$50.00 Danielle Burkes
$50.00 Ann Hammes
$50.00 Brad Peterson
$50.00 Kathy Van Dam
4 Winners - $25 Rainbow Foods
Gift card
Ken Ludke
Michelle Wilson
Maurice Gant
Tina Riehl
10 Winners - $10 Starbucks
gift card
Darron Brelje
Maylyn Neuman
Christopher Bryant
Scott Johnson
Brian Williams
John Zwinger
Rachael Macendonio
Patrick Kelly
Jesse Abbott
Pat Tabery
4 Winners - CWA T-Shirt
Sue Johnson
Tim Johnson
Deb Allram
Patricia Farris
December 6, 2011
Skyrocketing Retiree Health Premiums!
CenturyLink will let union review books
after retirees bemoan
skyrocketing health premiums!
Century Link has agreed to open its books to the Communications Workers of America, which sought access to the financial records last month after the company blindsided some retirees with health care premium hikes of up to three times for 2012... MORE
January will provide Two RARE opportunities
to meet CWA International President Larry Cohen
These events are open to all CWA Local 7201 members.
January 27th - 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Minneapolis Union Hall 3521 E Lake St. Stop in to meet Larry Cohen.
January 28th - Annual meeting of Take Action Minnesota
Lakes and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters
700 Olive St. St. Paul 55130
Registration begins at 8:30 AM
The meeting is scheduled from 9:00 AM - 12:00
Larry Cohen will serve as the keynote speaker and
will launch his joint Take Action project.
