May 9^th – Frontier Shareholder’s Meeting

The CWA will be inside to speak for Frontier’s workers & to Rally outside

When you get your proxy please follow CWA’s recommendations on how to vote.

 

Item 1:  Election of 11 directors……………………….VOTE NO

Item 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation….......VOTE NO

$6.7 million for Maggie Wilderotter’s total compensation? Average payments of $13.5 million for “constructive termination?”  $7.5 for death or disability?

This should not be approved while management continues their attacks on our members at every Bargaining Table.

Item 3: Approval of the Auditor…………………..............VOTE YES

Item 4: the AFL-CIO Proposal on splitting the CEO and the Chairman of the Board Position…………………….VOTE YES

Item 5: Arbitration of Shareholder Disputes……………..VOTE NO

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Please see the President's Desk for a Bargaining Update

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CALL CENTER ANTI-OFFSHORING BILL

Tell Congress to support The United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Bill

With American families struggling, it's time for companies to bring good jobs home. Foreign call centers not only ship jobs abroad, but they endanger our confidential personal information because they operate without U.S. data regulation.

You can tell lawmakers to support the U.S. call center bill. The bill would build jobs in America by:

Creating a customers' right to know—Ending the secrecy about call center locations, so outsourcers and offshorers can't hide anymore.

Forcing companies that outsource abroad to return federal funding—Because our hard-earned tax dollars shouldn't go to support corporations that ship American jobs to foreign countries.

Giving you the right to be transferred to a US-based operator.

But we need your support. Members of Congress will only sign on if they hear our voices loud and clear. Use our simple tool to send a message to your members of Congress.

Click Here for link on how YOU can help support the bill!

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WE NEED YOUR CURRENT CONTACT INFORMATION!!

Please email us at
bargaining@cwa7270.org
with the following information:

Current Address
Email Address
Contact Phone Number

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American Crystal Sugar Workers Locked Out
BCTGM Local 167G President John Riskey issued the following statement today:

“Today, American Crystal Sugar workers in Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Chaska, MN, Hillsboro and Drayton, ND, and Mason City, IA showed up to work only to find their company has locked them out. Instead of letting 1300 people continue working while a fair contract is negotiated, American Crystal Sugar executives have instead decided to hurt our communities with an unnecessary lockout.

The company has the power to immediately end this lockout and return to the negotiating table. We want to get back to work and back to the negotiating table as soon as possible.

We’re not asking for much. We’re asking for a contract that doesn’t put our jobs in jeopardy. We’re asking to continue health coverage that won’t put our families in financial ruin if someone gets sick. We’re asking to continue the short-term disability coverage we’ve been paying for nearly 30 years. We’re asking for an agreement that benefits the company, farmers, workers, and the entire community.

For years, Sugar Workers have stood shoulder to shoulder with the company to protect the sugar industry from harmful government policies and unfair trade agreements. This partnership has allowed farmers to get a good price for their crop, the company to make record profits, and for the workers to earn a living to support their families and local businesses. It has been a win-win situation. We want to continue this partnership and want to go back to work.”

If you haven't already, sign our petition supporting sugar workers.

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Stand up for Collective Bargaining Rights!



Collective bargaining rights and the right to organize have been under corporate assault for three decades. The frontline in the news today is Wisconsin public workers. Tomorrow's headlines will feature the fights led by CWA in Ohio and New Jersey.

Click on this link to CWA Website to see how you can get involved


http://www.cwa-union.org/issues/entry/c/workers-rights

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CWA wants you to test  your Internet Speed:



Test is free and sponsored by Speed Matters, which supports Affordable High Speed Internet for All Americans.

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1st Annual CWA 7270 Member Picnic



We would like to thank all of the following for their time and efforts to make our picnic a success!!!

Randy Wiebel

Margarete Schroeder

Don Wilson

Janelle and Matt Schadt

Ken and Kathy Schadt

Dan and Norma Zabel

Justin Elevstad

Zach Rademacher
Rhonda Rademacher
Deb Siebenaler