CWA Endorses Kirk Watson for Austin Mayor

Kirk Watson has proven himself an advocate for the hard-working employees of AT&T, represented locally by CWA Local 6132, ensuring that the roadblocks hindering our telecom workers were addressed during his term, which enabled better efficiency at handling outages and improvements impacting the residents of Austin. Establishing himself as a voice for Union members, and because of the hard work he has put forward in understanding the concerns that directly affect our daily lives, CWA Local 6132 gladly endorses Kirk Watson for Mayor of Austin, Texas.

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How Can You Help CWA District 3?

CWA members in District 3 (AT&T Southeast), approximately 17,000 employees, have been on strike since they walked off the job on August 16th. As of this posting, they have been out of work for 27 days, surpassing the 22 day strike in 1983. If you want to assist our brothers and sisters and support their efforts, please click on the link below. You will be redirected to a CWA site with more information and links along with instructions when posting anything to social media.

How You Can Support CWA Members who are on Strike Against AT&T

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Austin AFL-CIO Endorsed Candidates List

Saturday, September 7, 2024, your Legislative Committee and delegates to the Austin AFL-CIO Central Labor Council screened candidates for the Austin City Council and Mayoral races, as well as the Austin Community College Places and Austin Independent School District Trustees. Below are the endorsed candidates by all participating Unions in the Austin CLC.

No endorsements were made for Austin City Mayor, which leaves each Union to endorse a candidate based on the decisions of their respective governing bodies.

Austin City Council endorsements by name and District

Venessa Fuentes – District 2

Jose “Chito” Vela – District 4

Krista Laine – District 6

Mike Siegel – District 7

Ashika Ganguly – District 10

Austin Community College

Cole Wilson – Place 7

Stephanie Gharakhanian – Place 8

Julie Ann Nitsch – Place 9

Austin Independent School District

LaRessa Quintana – Trustee District 2

Kevin Foster – Trustee District 3

Lynn Boswell – Trustee District 5

Femando Lucas de Urioste – Trustee At-Large Position 8

The four candidates for Austin City Mayor

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SOUTHWEST BARGAINING INFORMATION

Please read the following information from a letter sent by CWA District 6 on Friday, September 6th. This includes links and a QR code (to print and share) for Bargaining Surveys and Proposals. All submissions must be received by Friday, October 25th, 2024. We will be sending this same information through email to those of you who have good email addresses on file.

1. The bargaining survey form should be completed by every
member of your Local that is in the AT&T SW bargaining unit.
You can access the form either through the link or the attached
QR code. Feel free to share either or both via your website,
personal emails from the Local to members, and any paper fliers
pushed out to members:

CWA/AT&T Bargaining Survey Form
QR Code – CWA/AT&T Bargaining Survey

Additionally, the bargaining survey will require members to provide their up
to date home address, contact phone number, and contact email address.
This information is very important and should be cross referenced to verify
Union membership and update Aptify for future Mobilization.


2. The bargaining request form should be completed by members
requesting to make changes or add new language to the
contract being bargained. There should be a new form submitted
for each request being requested:


CWA/AT&T Southwest Bargaining Proposal Request Form
QR Code – CWA/AT&T Southwest Bargaining Proposal Request Form

The bargaining request form will require members to add their name,
current job title, phone number, and personal email address to verify
membership. Union Membership should be verified through Aptify before
submitting.

*****All submissions should be received no later than Friday, October
25, 2024*****

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STRIKE in District 3

As many of you know by now, CWA District 3 has been on strike for almost a week. The strike affects workers in nine states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. We don’t have any information other than the public statements made by Union leadership and AT&T’s response. District 3, also known as AT&T Southeast, went on strike and filed NLRB charges due to AT&T not bargaining in good faith. You can read more from a report posted online from CWA International. As of today, August 22, 2024, CWA and AT&T are still meeting with a mediator and District 3 posted an update this morning, which you can read here.

On THAT note, September 6th is when CWA District 6 will begin sending out bargaining proposals DIGITALLY for our members. Please make sure this Local has your current cell phone number and personal email address! We are still missing a few and are working diligently to ensure no one is missed during this important time in pre-bargaining!

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Jeff Travillion Birthday Invite and Fundraiser

Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion is asking for your support in his re-election campaign. What better way to do that than to celebrate his birthday with you! Please click on the image below to see the details. You can also follow this link to his webpage!

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CWA District 9 Tentative Agreement Released

For those of you anxiously awaiting the news of how our CWA District 9 counterparts are doing, below is a link to a facebook page detailing the achievements of the Bargaining Committee.

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Final Results of the Election and Vice President (CORE) Vacancy

Below are the final results from the recent election for president. With Tony Thornburg becoming the new President, we now have a vacancy for the office of Vice President (CORE). This position must be filled within 60 days of the vacancy. Notice for nominations for the vacant office will be mailed out to the membership.

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Tentative Results from the Election for President

The CWA Local 6132 Election Committee counted the ballot today and have completed the Tentative Certificate of Results Form. Tony Thornburg has won the election for President. The results are posted below.

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Ballots have been mailed

The CWA Local 6132 Election Committee, chaired by Josh Elliott, dropped off the envelopes to the post office yesterday afternoon (7/2/24). Please check your mail in the next few days to make sure you have received a ballot and follow the instructions included. The Election Committee will be checking for returned (not delivered) letters at the Post Office each week until July 25, 2024, which will be when they will count the ballots.

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