CWA Local 1033
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Get Out The Vote 2024
As Election Day draws closer, CWA will be joining other Union members from throughout New Jersey to discuss issues and the importance of voting in the upcoming election. Members meet every Saturday morning at 8:30 AM at the IBEW Union Hall, 670 Whitehead Road, Lawrenceville. Shifts are from 9:00 AM to Noon.
If you are interested in helping to Get Out The Vote, please call Joy Young at 609-394-7725 for details on available Saturday shifts as well as working on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th.
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2027 Contract
CWA Communications Workers of America and the State of New Jersey July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2027 Contract. Administrative/Clerical Unit, Professional Unit, Primary Level Supervisory Unit, Higher Level Supervisory Unit
Education & Equity: Did you know facts for January?
January 10, 1860: The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts collapses, trapping 900 workers, mostly Irish women. More than 100 die, scores more injured in the collapse and ensuing fire. The cause of the collapse: too much machinery had been crammed into the building.
January 11, 1912: Female textile workers from Poland working in Lawrence, Massachusetts mills begin the IWW-organized “Bread & Roses” strike after collecting their pay, exclaiming that they had been cheated, and abandoning their looms. The strike, which involved 32,000 women and children, lasted 10 weeks and ended in victory.
January 17, 1962: President John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 10988, which guarantees federal workers the right to join unions and bargain collectively.
January 20, 1986: First observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., federal holiday.
January 27, 1734: New York City maids organize to improve working conditions.
January 29, 1889: Six thousand railway workers strike for a union and the end of 18-hour day.
January 29, 2009: President Barack Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier for women and minorities to win pay discrimination suits.
Snow Days and Teleworking
There seems to be some confusion about the directive today with the State closure. The following should help clarify the requirements:
If you are scheduled to telework today, you are required to perform your duties remotely.
If you are designated weather essential, you are required to report to work.
All others are to stay home and are not required to perform any work duties.
Be safe and have a good weekend.
CWA Local 1033 Education and Equity Did you know facts for the Month of November?
NOVEMBER 22
1909 – “The Uprising of the 20,000.” Some 20,000 female garment workers are on strike in New York; Judge tells arrested pickets: “You are on strike against God.” The walkout, believed to be the first major successful strike by female workers in American history, ended the following February with union contracts bringing better pay and working conditions.
1963 – President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Generally considered a friend of labor, Kennedy a year earlier had issued Executive Order 10988, which authorized unionization and a limited form of collective bargaining rights for most federal workers (excluding the Department of Defense). Many states followed the example set by Kennedy.
1956 – The first meeting between members of the newly formed National Football League Players Association and team owners takes place in New York. Union founders included Frank Gifford, Norm Van Brocklin, Don Shula and Kyle Rote. They were asking for a minimum $5,000 salary, a requirement that their teams pay for their equipment, and a provision for the continued payment of salary to injured players. The players’ initial demands were ignored.
1891 – – The National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the precursor to IBEW, was founded.
November 8, 2023 – The Sag_Aftra reach a tentative agreement after 118 days on strike.
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