http://cwa9588.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:35:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Mischa Gaus | Thu, 08/26/2010 - 6:21pm Two brothers who own four LA car washes were sentenced to a year in jail last week and ordered to pay workers $1.25 million. The verdict came after a plea agreement that settled 172 charges of criminal and labor-law violations, and shows the ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=2008 Just days before Labor Day, UNITE HERE Local 11 hotel workers held two full day strikes at the Century City Hyatt and the West Hollywood Hyatt Andaz. As part of a wave of demonstrations across the nation, thousands of hotel workers protested Hyatt and its ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1998 The Next Bi-Monthly Meeting has been moved to AUGUST 4th, 2010 7pm at the Local in Colton http://cwa9588.org/?p=1991 During 2010 Bargaining with VERIZON of California, your Bargaining Committee proposed an Enhanced ISP that would benefit the entire Bargaining Unit and VERIZON rejected it. Let’s Check the Facts: VERIZON lost the arbitration on the subject of declaring an entire unit surplus, so it can replace employees with Contractors. January 2010 CWA prevailed in ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1985 CATHY BUSSEWITZ and JUDY LIN | 07/ 2/10 11:00 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state appellate court on Friday sided with the Schwarzenegger administration in its attempt to temporarily impose the federal minimum wage on tens of thousands of state workers. It was not immediately clear how the ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1982 CWA has reached an agreement with Frontier Communications that preserves union jobs, raises wages and calls for the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in broadband build-out and other projects. It also requires Frontier to ensure that at least 84 percent of eligible job titles ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1977 CWA has joined a diverse group of progressive leaders in pressing Congress to pass narrowly targeted legislation that would clarify the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to protect an Open Internet and to apply Universal Service funding to broadband. CWA President Larry Cohen and other leaders sent a letter to ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1975 Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News Smoke was seen pouring out of a Verizon building in Palm Springs Tuesday morning. A KPSP Local 2 News Crew on scene reported seeing thick, black smoke billowing out of the building, located at Sunrise and Amado. As of 8:00 a.m., the fire was ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1970 The employer is under no obligation to inform employees of their right to representation. You lose your Weingarten rights if you do not assert them. "Weingarten rights" derive from a 1975 Supreme Court case, NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. Essentially, they are the right to request assistance from ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1963 COPPER SIDE: We have received recent reports that certain areas are asking for volunteers to take surplus anywhere from ONE DAY, A WEEK or MONTH at a time. These same areas are also reportedly being added OVERTIME on a DAILY basis. We all need to remember the risks involved with taking ... http://cwa9588.org/?p=1960