COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 1105, AFL-CIO
 AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THE ASSAULT ON OUR NEGOTIATED UNION BENEFITS CONTINUES, ALL THE WAY UP TO CAPITOL HILL. WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CALLING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT LONG AND HARD TO SECURE THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE.
"WE DO NOT WANT THEM TAXED, NO WAY NO HOW"
TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. CHIEFS AND STEWARDS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FACTS YOU NEED.
MODIFIED ABSENCE CONTROL PLAN ARBITRATION
CWA 1105 HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT ARBITRATOR STEWART POHL IS PREPARED TO HEAR FURTHER TESTIMONY ON THIS CASE.
THE DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MAY 21ST, 2010
JUNE 6TH, 2010
AS ALWAYS WE KNOW THIS CASE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WE ARE STRONG IN OUR CONVICTION THAT WE ARE RIGHT. THE DECISION HOWEVER IS IN THE HANDS OF ARBITRATOR POHL.
ALL MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO KEEP WEARING YOUR RED ON THURSDAY!!!
DRESS CODE DECISION
BOARD CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST VERIZON'S DRESS CODE WERE WITHDRAWN BY THE NATIONAL UNION. THE NEW CODE WILL ALLOW VERIZON'S BRANDING PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALL AFFECTED MEMBERS WILL HAVE A MONETARY ALLOWANCE TO PURCHASE UP TO SIX SHIRTS FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
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OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE CITIZENS OF HAITI AND OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE RELATIVES THERE
POSTED 01/18/10 4:51PM | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
JANUARY 15TH, IS THE BIRTHDAY OF REVERAND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IT WAS DECLARED A HOLIDAY IN 1983. HOWEVER, IT WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN 1986--DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S SAYING IT WOULD CAUSE A FINANCIAL BURDEN AND A SENATOR'S LINKING KING TO COMMUNISM.
STEVIE WONDER A POPULAR MUSICIAN SPURRED A CAMPAIGN FOR THE HOLIDAY, AND A PETITION GATHERED SO MANY SUPPORTING SIGNATURES THAT IT WAS DECLARED THE LARGEST PETITION FOR AN ISSUE IN US HISTORY.
MARTIN WAS NOT HIS BIRTH NAME IT WAS MICHAEL, HE LATER HAD IT LEGALLY CHANGED.
KING WAS BORN IN ATLANTA, A BLOCK FROM THE CHURCH WHERE HIS GRANDFATHER AND FATHER WERE PREACHERS AND WHERE HE PREACHED AT A YOUNG AGE.
HIS HIGH SCORE ON A COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM ALLOWED HIM TO LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER HIS JUNIOR YEAR TO ATTEND MOREHOUSE COLLEGE.
KING EMERGED AS A LEADER IN HIS NEW COMMUNITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. HE WAS ELECTED TO LEAD A ONE DAY BOYCOTT THAT LASTED MUCH LONGER AND WON A MONUMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS VICTORY.
HE CO-FOUNDED THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, WHICH REACHED FAR BEYOND MONTGOMERY AND CATAPULTEDTHE GREAT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. AT THE MARCH , KING GAVE HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM..."
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY INITIALLY OPPOSED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, BUT KING CONVINCED HIM TO LET IT GO ON.
KING CONTINUED TO CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS, WHICH DREW CRITICISM FROM A MORE AGGRESSIVE MALCOLM X.
NOT ONLY DID HE CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS, HE LED PROJECT C (CONFRONTATION). DEMONSTRATORS DID JUST THAT WITH SIT-INS AND PICKET LINES. THE POLICE RESPONDED WITH FIRE HOSES, ATTACK DOGS AND AN ARMY TANK.
NOT ONLY DID KING FACE POLICE AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION, BUT HIS HOME WAS BOMBED, A WOMEN STABBED HIM, AND HE WAS ARRESTED MANY TIMES.
KING PRESSED ON AND LENT HIS FOCUS TO OTHER CAUSES. HE TOOK EXTREME ACTION TO SHOWCASE THE POVERTY IN CHICAGO.
KING WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND NAMED MAN OF THE YEAR IN 1964. IN 1965 HE WAS HONORED WITH THE AMERICAN LIBERTIES MEDALLION BY THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE FOR HIS "EXCEPTIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN LIBERTY" HE WAS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE PACEM IN TERRIS AWARD, NAMED AFTER A 1963 ENCYCLICAL LETTER BY POPE JOHN XXlll CALLING FOR ALL PEOPLE TO STRIVE FOR PEACE.
KING WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GRAMMY FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD IN 1971.
ON APRIL 3, 1968 KING WAS IN MEMPHIS TO SUPPORT AN UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP. THAT NIGHT HE GAVE A SPEECH THAT FORESHADOWED HIS DEATH. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED AT THE AGE OF 39.
"IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR YOU MUST START WITH THE FACT THAT HE WAS A MINISTER. THAT IS THE KEY TO WHO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS. IF YOU TRY TO TAKE HIM AS A, QUOTE, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, OR A POLITICAL LEADER, YOU WILL MISS THE REAL KING. HE WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST A MINISTER."
MEMORIES
Does any one recall what they were doing twenty years ago in August ? If you were a CWA Union member
chances are you were on strike.
The Big One of '89. A strike that claimed the life of a CWA 1103 Brother Gerry Horgan three weeks into what would be a 17 week strike. Gerry was a Chief Steward helping out on a CWA 1105 picket line at 500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla.
CWA 1105 will never forget his sacrifice and are forever greatful.
We all must continue to remember what it took to secure our precious benefits and our jobs. The many improvements over the last twenty years in our contract did not just fall off a truck. Our future is in our own hands. Let us not forget our past sacrifices. Let us always be prepared to do what ever it takes. [More...]
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| CWA Local 1105 Northern Division
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| CWA Local 1105 Central Division
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