I can't wait to go on strike. The time off will be nice.
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What won’t be nice is that it will permanent….but hey, you do you cowboy.
The only thing permanent is your low IQ and inability to understand how labor negotiations work.
Just because the company workforce has been reduced over the years, doesn’t mean the union is finished, the company still needs vital work to be performed.
Exactlty.
If the reduced union workforce are now required to do more, it means the company needs us to show up to work. I have several examples of potential huge outages if a few "super techs" decided not to play along.
The contract really needs end before winter.
“I can't wait to go on strike. The time off will be nice.”
What won’t be nice is that it will permanent….but hey, you do you cowboy.
Not a mistake that ATT is putting hub locations in the places they are. Come on, that one is obvious
I just want to gtfo before we lose the 2 year termination pay in the next contract if we even get one. I'm so hoping to get laid off this year. Most people I work with feel the same and we work the minimal amount possible. We ain't leaving till they pay us to leave.
“..The company would like to combine titles into 1 super tech while paying the same wages.”
Apparently T doesn’t mind paying BFS techs a whole lot more to install Uverse than they pay Wire/Prem Techs.
Yep, been saving up for a strike, will be nice to have some days or weeks off. COLA, better 401k match and a decent raise to make up for all the high inflation past couple of years. Also, need to keep a division of labor. The company would like to combine titles into 1 super tech while paying the same wages.
Nothing T would love more than for us to walk out & never come back.
Hope management is properly trained to hold down the chairs in the office when we do go on strike.
“Big Wins by Unions in 2023
You don't have that leverage in this company, because the dolts that handle your negotiations agreed to staggered contract expirations.
If you ever want to have the impact the UAW did you need to get all those lined up, and that means some regions work without a contract for a few years.”
CWA wants nothing to do with a unified contract date for all of its members, which is highly ironic. I guess the U is afraid we’d have more leverage against T.
I know, let’s wildcat strike!
CWA is minor leagues compared to the big boys in the UAW. Nobody cares.
Big Wins by Unions in 2023
You don't have that leverage in this company, because the dolts that handle your negotiations agreed to staggered contract expirations.
If you ever want to have the impact the UAW did you need to get all those lined up, and that means some regions work without a contract for a few years.
When can you quit the union? Anytime, just quit your job and get a non union one. Unionized jobs are a very small part of the workforce now. If it's that awful clearly you will find a better job. F'in baby.
stick it to the BALD MAN!!!
after honeypot's secret negotiation to sc--w over 1/3 of CWA's membership, there is a lot of chatter of folks in that job title getting out of the CWA D3 in august.
I'm under the Black contract- I can't get run around on how to quit union and stop paying dues (for nothing). I heard there is a form to fill out, but that's about it. Can you quit anytime? Notify union and/or payroll? Can anyone point me in the right direction? And don't waste your time telling me how wrong I am, these posts & my experience convince me otherwise.
The worthless, powerless and absent CWA union is an arm of AT&T and is not worth joining if given a choice. Usually, in "right to work" states, union representation makes no sense because you're represented by the union even if you don't join and pay dues, so why bother to join!
The Union won't strike. The National Union makes it impossible. Expect d-mb 2 day walk outs but nothing further.
Expect to pay more for insurance, wire techs/ Premtechs increase in fiber scope, reduction of sick time to 5 days, change in security clauses for wireline workers, reduction in time paid for union representatives.
Good luck everyone!
It’s all just smoke and mirrors!
Will be a nice long weekend!
There was a short strike in D3 SE during the last contract negotiations, with nearly 100% participating, the company scrambled in a new labor team to get it settled quickly. Strike is a last resort tactic but will be used if needed. Nobody wants a work stoppage so, both sides need to bargain in good faith and it won’t happen.
Just because the company workforce has been reduced over the years, doesn’t mean the union is finished, the company still needs vital work to be performed. Any work stoppage would be crippling to the company in a very short time. Don’t buy into the Union doesn’t have any leverage talk.
If you don’t believe there will be a strike you’re not paying attention. Why don’t you pick up a new paper and read once in awhile.
“The Big Wins by Unions in 2023
A sector-by-sector look at this year’s work stoppages and what some labor groups have gained. Union workers across America flexed their collective muscle this year, using strikes, strategic walkouts and picket lines large and small to elicit concessions from their employers.
This year proved to be one of the busiest for strikes in recent years. In October, for example, there were 4.5 million days of idleness because of work stoppages nationwide, the most of any month in four decades, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/the-big-wins-by-unions-in-2023-cecdfc3a
Start there. It’s sad seeing people who are so stooooooped responding to things they have no actual understanding of.
I’m actually 90% certain it will happen and leadership knows it too. They’re planning on it.
There will be no strike. All talk, no action.
There will not be any more strikes for cwa. Membership has dwindled down so much after losing to layoffs that it has lost the leverage it used to have. Locals will not vote for it. There is no strike pay anymore and locals are spending more than 75% to 90% of there yearly dues to just pay the locals executive board stipends. Hate to say it but it's done. I've followed my job across the Midwest to try to finish my 30 and changed to 3 different locals all the same story. I still pay my dues though but I can see the writing on the wall.