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COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA - LOCAL 1302
LOCAL 1302 ELECTION UPDATE
Since all Candidates are running unopposed there will be no need to have an election on Oct 9th.
LOCAL 1302 ELECTIONS
2011 Elections
September 10, 2010
TO: Members of Local 1302
FROM: Lynda
Nordyke, President
SUBJECT: Local
Nominations and Elections
As noted in our Local By-Laws,
this year is election year for our Local Officers and Executive Board Members.
We will be holding a meeting
for elections on October 9, 2010 in the Middleton cafeteria at 9:00 a.m. According to the By-Laws,
whenever there is an unopposed candidate duly nominated for any elected office, such candidate shall be considered
elected without the necessity of an election. There will be something posted on our website regarding this
meeting for the elections, whether or not we will be holding it. This will be updated on September 28, 2010. cwa1302.tripod.com.
The nominations will continue
to be done by nominating petitions.
The nominating period will
be held Monday, September
13, 2010 and will end on September
27, 2010.
The publicity period will
begin on September 27, 2010 and will end on October 5, 2010.
Nominees for the office
of Pres., V. Pres., Treasurer and Secretary must obtain signatures from 10% of the entire membership.
Nominees for the Executive
Board must obtain signatures from 35% of their respective group.
All requests for nomination
petitions should be made to one of our current officers. Those seeking office are responsible for submitting
the nominating papers by the deadline of September 27, 2010.
CHRISTMAS WEEK CLOSING
In
regards to the Christmas week shut down, there have been several people asking about this week and how it is going to work.
There
is a signed agreement for the following:
SuperMedia will
be closed from 12/25/2010 - 01/03/2011.
As
far as wages for that week. The company is NOT paying for this closing. However, an employee can use their
own time as they wish. Here are a couple of examples: someone has not used any of their own vacation time in 2010,
they can choose to take this as vacation time and get paid for the entire week. They can choose to use 2 vacation days
and take the other 2 days unpaid. OR they can take the entire week unpaid and still carry over the vacation time they
have saved throughout 2010. An employee can also use APX time if they want. These DO NOT have to be prescheduled.
However, before the closing of the offices, you must let your supervisor know how you would like to code this at that time.
If you have no time left, this time will be unpaid.
If
I have not addressed a question that you may have, please contact myself or another officer and we should be able to give
you that information.
In
SOLIDARITY,
Lynda
Nordyke, President
CWA
Local 1302
All members should have received their retroactive reimbursement
for the wage increase in the paycheck dated 1/16/2009 for the week ending 1/10/2009. The company has now started deducting
dues from your paychecks.
If you need to know how much you owe and/or would like to set
up a payment arrangements, please contact Sharon Civittolo at sharonciv1302@yahoo.com and she will work with you. Every member will be responsible to the Local for dues through the week ending 01/03/2009.
Payments can be made via the payment options listed on the website.
Please make payment arrangements to become a member in good standing.
Any retirees with questions about their medical coverage, will need to call the benefits department.
Additional Information for Retirees:
FOR PRE-1992 RETIREES:
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT RECEIVED AN ELECTION FORM FROM GEORGIA SCAIFFE I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY
THE INTENT OF THE LETTER.
THIS LETTER IS ADVISING YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF TAKING PART IN THE HRA.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU SIGN THE FORM. IF
YOU DO SIGN THAT FORM, YOU ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO YOUR FREE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THIS WILL FORCE YOU TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE HRA. THE HRA IS THE FUND FORMED DURING BARGAINING TO HELP CARE FOR THE COST OF MEDICAL FOR RETIREES THAT ARE
NOW REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THEIR MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Attention:
Information for Retiree Healthcare can be found by clicking the link below.
click here for retiree healthcare info
STAY STRONG, STAY UNITED!
Please be sure to wear your RED on Thursdays!!!!!
Famous Quotes:
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if
Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration"...*Abraham Lincoln*
" . . . Workers have a right to organize into unions and to bargain collectively with their employers, and . . . a strong,
free labor movement is an invigorating and necessary part of our industrial society"...*Dwight D. Eisenhower*
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