Category: Membership Committee
Dear CWA Local 1033 Member: After months of tough bargaining with the State of New Jersey, we are proud to announce that our union has reached an agreement on the State Health Benefit Plan. The agreement protects our access to…
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Category: Education Equity Committee, Latest Articles, Legislative Political Action Committee, Membership Benefits, Membership Committee, News, Next Generation Committee, Organizing/Mobilizing Committee, Retiree Committee
Tags: Bargaining, Election Committee, Health Benefits, Pension, Political Action
OUR FIGHT TO CONTAIN HEALTHCARE COSTS HEALTHCARE COSTS THE BACKGROUND Over the past three years, AAON, the State’s Actuarial firm, has recommended increases of over 40% in healthcare premiums for State workers. Thanks to our strong contract language, CWA successfully protected…
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Our Spring 2025 Scholarships are now available! Please share the attached scholarship with your members and encourage all to apply. This year, we will award five (5) scholarships for $1,000 each. Any high school senior, who will be attending…
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Category: Education Equity Committee, Latest Articles, Legislative Political Action Committee, Membership Benefits, Membership Committee, News, Next Generation Committee, Retiree Committee, Scholarships, Uncategorized
Tags: benefits, education equity, feautured, members, State Workers
Community College Opportunity Grant – Program Description (Source: https://www.nj.gov/highereducation/ccog.shtml) Office of the Secretary of Higher Education – The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey In spring 2019, New Jersey piloted the state’s first tuition-free college program, known…
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Joe Beirne Scholarship Deadline: April 30, 2025 Scholarship Amount: Sixteen partial college scholarships are offered of $4,000 each Eligibility: Details: No specific field of study is required. Scholarship winners may pursue whatever courses they wish. Scholarships are for the 2025-2026 academic…
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Category: Education Equity Committee, Latest Articles, Membership Benefits, Membership Committee, News, Next Generation Committee, Organizing/Mobilizing Committee, Retiree Committee, Scholarships
Tags: benefits, education equity, members, membership meeting, State Workers
We are taking a stand to put a stop to skyrocketing healthcare costs. Year after year, CWA members have been forced to shoulder the burden of rising healthcare costs, and while we’ve fought to mitigate these increases at the bargaining…
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Category: Education Equity Committee, Latest Articles, Legislative Political Action Committee, Membership Benefits, Membership Committee, Mobilization, News, Next Generation Committee, Organizing/Mobilizing Committee, Retiree Committee
Tags: Bargaining, benefits, contract, education equity, Healthcare, meeting, members, membership meeting, State Workers
Left to right: Mrs. Berline Williams, Robert Queen, Esq., Leon Williams, Mrs. Gladys Hedgepeth, and Janet Hedgepeth When we think of the Civil Rights movement, we often think of great figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and other…
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CWA Local 1033 joins with the country as we grieve the tragic loss of all those involved in the American Airlines flight and Army chopper collision last night. Two AFA-CWA flight attendants were part of the crew that lost their…
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Category: Editorial Committee, Education Equity Committee, Legislative Political Action Committee, Membership Committee, News, Organizing/Mobilizing Committee, Retiree Committee, Social Activities And Civic Duties Committee, Uncategorized
Tags: education equity, members, State Workers
Who made Black History Month? Carter G. Woodson, known to many as the “Father of Black History” came up with the concept of “Negro History Week” in 1926, intended to “both create and popularize the knowledge about the Black past.” …
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