Link to the Orange DTV Tentative Agreement Highlights: http://cwa.org/dtvorangeta [local mirror]

Link to view the complete DTV Orange Customer Care Tentative Agreement: https://cwa-union.org/sites/default/files/final_dtv_orange_customer_care_ta.pdf [local mirror]

Ballots will be sent to the personal email for all CWA 7250 members who work at DirecTV on the morning of Tuesday, August 23rd 2022. Your secret, secure vote is due by Friday, August 26th 2022 - and will be combined with the votes from the rest of the bargaining unit (Colorado and West Virginia DTV Call centers). The results will be announced at the end of the month.

The CWA bargaining team has unanimously recommended a YES vote. If the agreement is voted down, there will not automatically be a strike - but the bargaining committee will be sent back for further negotiations.

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The CWA Bargaining Committee and AT&T Mobility have reached a Tentative Agreement for a new contract covering 13,000 workers across 36 states and D.C.
 
This agreement must be approved by majority vote to take effect - and e-ballots for CWA 7250 will be emailed out from ElectionBuddy starting Wednesday, July 20th 2022. All votes are due by Wednesday, July 27th 11:59PM Central Time.
 
To update your personal email with the Local union – email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your name, number, workplace and preferred personal email.
 
A rejection of this agreement will NOT mean an immediate strike, it means that the Bargaining Committee will go back to work seeking a better deal.
 
For highlights of the agreement, click here. [local mirror]
 
For a look at the full package of updates to the contract, click here. [local mirror]
 
For some spirited discussion of the agreement on facebook, click here.
 
CWA Local 7250 Executive Board have met with our AT&T Mobility Retail and Wireless Technician union stewards and have decided to recommend a No Vote - and believes a better deal can be won.
 
The members will have the final say - and each member of our Local gets to cast a secret ballot (via email). The totals will be sent to Local officers and reported to CWA District 7 Office on Thursday, July 28th 2022
 
YOUR UNION - YOUR DUES - YOUR DECISIONS

Solidarity with the Resistance of the Ukrainian People!  Russian Troops Out Now!

Resolution pased by the CWA Local 7250 Executive Board, April 13th 2022.
Communications Workers of America Local 7250 is based in Minneapolis MN and organizes workers at AT&T and DirecTV.

 

WHEREAS Ukraine has long been under the domination of Russian Czars, the Soviet Union, and now Putin;

WHEREAS this has meant the suppression of Ukrainian culture, the exploitation of workers, and the abuse of the land and resources;

WHEREAS Ukrainian people have continually fought for freedom and self-determination, including the 2014 Revolution of Dignity that overthrew an oppressive Russian puppet government;

WHEREAS the ongoing bloody 2022 invasion and occupation of Ukraine by Russia’s military is an unprovoked unjust, and immoral attempt to crush independent Ukraine – reminiscent of the U.S. government’s own ongoing attempts to dominate smaller and poorer countries around the globe;

WHEREAS this invasion has already killed thousands of civilians, destroyed cities and infrastructure, and created millions of refugees;

WHEREAS the heroic popular resistance of the Ukrainian people has frustrated Russia’s plans and inspired working-class people world-wide;

And WHEREAS a courageous and bold anti-war movement has emerged in Russia that shows the Russian people are not our enemies but important allies  

BE IT RESOLVED that CWA 7250 calls on the Labor Movement and workers everywhere to give our full solidarity to the resistance of the Ukrainian people and demand Russian Troops Out Now!

Further Resolved, that we will look to offer material support (modest as it may be) to Ukrainian unions and workers organizations involved in the fight.

Further Resolved that we call on all countries to open their borders to war refugees from Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and others.

Further Resolved that we call on the United States and the IMF to cancel all of Ukraine’s foreign debt of some $125 billion – these resources should be used to fight the invasion and rebuild from the devastation not to pay interest to the big banks.

Further Resolved that we will support the local Ukrainian community, unions, and activists who organize solidarity rallies here.  

And finally, be it Resolved that since we are not hypocrites we must speak up and stand against all imperialism – including that of the United States – because all peoples deserve to be free and determine their own destiny. 

For more information on Ukraine:

Ukraine Solidarity Campaign
organizes solidarity and provides information in support of the Ukrainian labor movement

Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

Ukrainian human rights education and monitoring group 

Operation Solidarity

Antiauthoritarian volunteer network organized to help all progressive forces in society to counter imperialist aggression against Ukraine.

Commons
Ukrainian "egalitarian and anticapitalist" journal