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On December 9, 2011 the Executive Board and Membership met in regular session. The minutes of those meetings have been published
The next regularly scheduled General Membership meeting will be held on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 4:30p.m. All members are, as always, urged to attend each monthly meeting to Learn...Speak...Participate
-Terry Leitz
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NABET-CWA Reaches Tentative Agreement with NBC Universal
The NABET-CWA Network Negotiating Committee has reached a tentative agreement with NBC Universal on a new contract to replace the Master Agreement which expired on March 31, 2009.
This contract offer is the result of numerous bargaining sessions which took place over the past five weeks in New York, and has the unanimous recommendation of the Union’s Bargaining Committee. The new contract, when ratified, will cover approximately 2500 staff and daily hire employees working as broadcast technicians, newswriters, building, air conditioning and plant maintenance personnel, staging services personnel, and couriers at various Company Network and TV station operations in New York, Chicago, Burbank and Washington D.C., including NBC News and NBC Sports. The new contract will run through March 31, 2015.
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IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill and Leslie Moonves, CBS Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer, issue the following joint statement about the recently negotiated contract effective through January 31, 2015:
"We are pleased to announce that members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers employed by CBS have ratified the recently negotiated contract. We believe this is a good agreement that will enable us to move forward together as CBS and its workers navigate the constantly changing media landscape and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead." The IBEW represents CBS workers in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and Atlanta, in addition to supplying a skilled work force for all events televised on CBS Sports and CBS News. ...read more
Business Manager Ralph Avigliano announced to all members of the local in a memo, there will be an increase of the per capita portion of our dues beginning on January 1, 2012.
The per capita rate will increase $2.00 per month as of January 1, 2012. This increase was approved by the delegates of the 38th IBEW International Convention held in September of 2011. It is the portion of your dues that the Union remits directly to the IO.
To read that memo in full follow the link below.
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"Since 1992, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $3 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education." For more information and a link to download the application form, please read the memorandum from IBEW International Vice President Donald C. Siegel follow the link below. Please be advised that the application deadline for the Union Plus Scholarship Program is January 31, 2011.
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The meeting was hosted at Local 1212 by Business Manager Ralph Avigliano. Besides the members in attendance the special guest was Representative Anthony Weiner of the 9th Congressional District in New York. The purpose of this meeting was the discussion of the effect of "LNS" (Local News Services) on the broadcast industry. What is "LNS" or Local News Services and why should I be very concerned about this important issue?
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No matter how strong an economic stimulus plan we have, it will not result in broadly shared, lasting prosperity unless we also restore workers? freedom to join together to bargain with their employers for a better life. Higher levels of union membership raise the standard of living for all workers. We need to level the playing field to turn around the economy and rebuild the American Dream. It?s why we need the Employee Free Choice Act. Higher levels of union membership raise the standard of living for all workers.
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If you are a homeowner worried that the next change in your adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) will put payments out of reach or facing financial trouble that may make you fall behind on your mortgage payments, the Union Plus Save My Home Hotline may be able to help.
You can arrange a confidential, free consultation with expert housing counselors who can provide advice, help you find answers and develop an action plan to get your financial house in order.
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