CWA New Jersey

11/07/2023

11/07/2023

This awesome crew is ready to go GET IT DONE for Election Day today! ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 They’re heading out to talk to voters about Vote Gopal, Donlon & Peterpaul for Monmouth County and make sure that everyone gets their ballots in!

11/06/2023

More from GOTV weekend! CWAers rallying in Legislative District 16 for Andrew Zwicker for State Senate and Roy Freiman and Mitchelle Drulis for Assembly.

11/06/2023

Election day is TOMORROW, November 7th! Have you cast your ballot yet?
You have two options for voting:
IN PERSON - Tomorrow, November 7. Find your polling place here at https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-polling-location.shtml Polls are open 6am - 8pm (and remember - if you’re in line by 8pm, you have the right to vote, so stay in line!)

VOTE BY MAIL - Ballots must be postmarked by November 7th, so get them in the mail today or tomorrow! You can also return ballots in one of the secure Ballot Drop Boxes throughout the state. Find a Ballot Drop Box here: https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-secure-drop-boxes.shtml

11/04/2023

It’s GOTV weekend! We only have a few days left to get those ballots back in, and CWA Local 1037 is out today talking to voters to make sure that everyone knows about Senator Vin Gopal for NJ State Senate and Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul for Assembly.

11/02/2023

Open for applications! CWA's Joe Beirne Scholarship awards 16 partial college scholarships of $4,000 each for CWA members, spouses, children, and grandchildren (including dependents of laid-off, retired, or deceased CWA members).

CWA's Joe Beirne Foundation was established in 1974 to honor CWA's founding President, who served the union for more than 30 years.

The CWA Joe Beirne Foundation offers partial college scholarships each academic year. CWA members and their spouses, children and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members, are eligible. Winners are chosen by lottery drawing.

11/02/2023

It’s GOTV time and we are ALL IN on Mercer County! Several of our Intensive Political Action Training participants met with legislators and candidates this evening to talk about our plan to WIN in the next week for pro-worker candidates!

11/01/2023

It's Labor Education Day with our Intensive Political Action Training participants! CWAers from CWA Local 1033, CWA Local 1040, CWA Local 1037, and others dug deep into labor history today and had a chance to visit the American Labor Museum Botto House, a National Landmark in Haledon, NJ ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween from CWA! 🦇

10/28/2023

Early voting starts TODAY in New Jersey! Not sure who to vote for? Check out CWA's list of endorsements for State Senate and Assembly 👇

2023 Dates to RememberOctober 17: Deadline to register to voteOctober 28 - Sunday, November 5: Early VotingOctober 31: Deadline to apply for vote by mail ballot (by mail)November 6: Deadline to apply for vote by mail ballot (in person)November 7: Election DayNovember 7: Vote by Mail Dead

10/28/2023

CWAers, have you made your plan to VOTE? You have 3 options for voting in NJ:
Early Voting - TODAY, October 28, through November 5
Election Day - November 7
Vote-By-Mail - Easy and safe from your home! The deadline to request your vote-by-mail ballot is October 31 by mail, or November 6 in person. You can request a ballot online here: https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml Ballots MUST by postmarked by November 7th!

10/27/2023

We're heartbroken to report that three of our members were shot yesterday while on the job with the Buffalo Sewer Authority in Buffalo, NY. One was killed and another seriously wounded. CWA is actively supporting the two surviving members and their families. Please read our full statement here: https://cwad1.org/press-releases/communications-workers-america-shot-while-job

10/27/2023

Halloween checklist:

✅ Costumes
✅ Trick-or-treat route
✅ UNION-MADE candy!

10/25/2023

Just over 12 days to Election Day! We had a visit from some friends in Legislative District 38 (Bergen County), Sen. Joe Lagana, AM Lisa Swain, and AM Chris Tully, speaking with participants and trainers of our Intensive Political Action Training this morning.

Have you sent in your mail in ballot? You have 12 more days to get your vote in! ⏰

10/21/2023

It’s a beautiful day for a Labor Walk! With just 2 weeks until Election Day, CWAers in NJ are out talking to voters for pro-worker candidates for State legislature, including Senator Andrew Zwicker, Assemblyman Roy Freiman, and Mitchelle Drulis in Legislative District 16 🗳

10/21/2023

CWA Local 1033 Ex VP Michele Greaves speaks at UAW rally, telling strikers that CWA stands in solidarity with them for a fair contract and against corporate greed. UAW members chant during rally.

10/20/2023

Voting by mail in 2023? 3 ways to return your Mail-In Ballot by 11/7 at 8pm:
1. Mail 📬
2. Secure ballot drop box 📨
3. Your county’s Board of Elections Office 📩
❌ Your Mail-In Ballot CANNOT be returned to your early voting or Election Day polling locations.
Info at Vote.NJ.Gov.

10/16/2023

BREAKING NEWS: After more than a year of preparation, mobilization, and tough bargaining with the State of New Jersey, our 35,000 members voted to ratify our 2023-2027 Executive Branch contract by 94.01% to 5.99% 💪

You can find more details of the contract including the full text of the agreement, a bargaining report summary, memos of agreement, and salary schedules here: https://cwad1.org/workplaces/njstateworkercontract2023

10/12/2023

10/11/2023

10/10/2023

Welfare workers in Warren County are gearing up to win a strong contract! Over 90% of these CWA Local 1032 members signed a solidarity petition in ONE day, showing that they're ready for this contract campaign 💪

10/06/2023

CWA D1 Locals in NJ have been supporting our UAW Local 2177 sisters and brothers on strike for a fair contract at the GM Parts Distribution Center at 200 Cabot Blvd, Langhorne, PA. UAW has been on strike for over 3 weeks now. Call 1-318-300-1249 to leave a message for the CEOs of Ford, GM, and Stellantis and tell them UAW members deserve the same 40% raise they got over the last four years.

10/05/2023

10/04/2023

09/28/2023

THIS JUST IN: We have reached a tentative agreement with the State of New Jersey on a historic contract covering our 35,000 members in the executive branch!

Short summary (more details will be provided next week once the parties have signed off on the final documents, which is in progress):

Compensation Package
-Wins the largest across-the-board package over the life of the contract since our 2007-2011 contract, with members receiving raises averaging between 19% and 35%
-Provides across-the-boards of 14%, exclusive of annual step increases which average an additional 3.7% per year. The first ATB is retroactive to July 1, 2023.
-Adds Step 11 to top of all pay ranges, effective July 2025
Adjusts all titles below range 9 to at least Range 9-step 2, establishing a new minimum salary for all CWA-represented positions, effective July 2024
-Secures Clothing Maintenance Allowance payments for the life of the contract, retroactive for 2023

Health Benefits
-Secures our current plan design and contribution increases - secured our current contribution rates for CWA Unity Direct
-Continues negotiations on plan design issues such as copays through the State Plan Design Committee, and all affected unions

Telework
-Establishes process for continued negotiations on telework program to start October 15, 2023 and end by March 15, 2024 before the Civil Service Commission considers a permanent rule
-Provides a process to address exclusions of members in the departments of Children and Families and Law and Public Safety

The TA also secures improved health and safety procedures, agreements to reduce and convert temporary positions into full-time bargaining unit positions, changes to Civil Service issues like out-of-title work appeals and supervisory position requirements, and continued negotiations to place Rowan SOM members in the state ranges and steps.

CWA leadership is finalizing the details in writing and will provide full details early next week. CWA Local leadership will distribute the Tentative Agreement materials and schedule membership meetings to explain the agreement and ratification procedures.

Any success and power CWA has at the bargaining table is based on membership solidarity, patience, and strength. When we fight, we win. Together, we fought for a pattern-breaking contract and this tentative agreement has significant gains for members in every part of CWA’s membership.

IN SOLIDARITY,
Dennis Trainor, District 1 Vice President
William Gallagher, District 1 Assistant to the VP
Fran Ehret, NJ Area Director
John Rose, Local 1031
Migdalia Santiago, Local 1032
Gaye Palmer, Local 1033
Adam Liebtag, Local 1036
Ken McNamara, Local 1037
Shawn Ludwig, Local 1038
Michele Long-Vickers, Local 1040

09/16/2023

Shana Tovah to all our union siblings celebrating Rosh Hashanah!

09/14/2023

CWA stands in full support and solidarity with the 150,000 members of the UAW as their contracts at the Big Three automakers expire and they prepare to go on strike.

Their fight is our fight. Workers are fed up with giant corporations that use our labor to make billions in profits, then reward top executives and large shareholders while demanding that we do more and earn less. We are fed up with corporate structures that divide workers and deny us equal pay for equal work. We are fed up with seeing our communities left behind and abandoned.

CWA members, retirees, and our families are ready stand up and stand with UAW members for as long as it takes to help them win this important fight.

09/14/2023

Do you have your CWA red on?
📸: CWA Local 1037

09/11/2023

09/11/2023

09/08/2023

On Thursdays we wear red and stand with striking workers! 💪 RWJNursesUnited nurses have been on strike for over a MONTH and the employer announced last week that their healthcare was being cut off. CWA Local 1031, NJCU Branch, CWA Local 1036, CWA 1038, CWA 1032, and CWA 1087 rallied yesterday in New Brunswick to tell Robert Wood Johnson: SAFE STAFFING SAVES LIVES!

09/07/2023

Happening now! We’re rallying to support striking USW nurses in New Brunswick! 💪

09/06/2023

Tomorrow (Thursday)! We're rallying alongside United Steelworkers Local 4-200 - Over 1,700 nurses started went on strike on August 4th, and Management announced that they would be cutting the workers' healthcare at the end of August. Join us at 4pm tomorrow (September 7) to support these workers!
>>10 Plum St, New Brunswick (gathering outside of the parking garage)

09/03/2023

Doing some last-minute shopping for a barbecue tomorrow? Make sure it's !

08/26/2023

CWAers proud to be at the today!

08/25/2023