After almost three weeks of negotiating with the company, we have made little or no progress. As of 7/28/10 the company felt it was in their best interest to present the Union with a package that basically contained 26 proposals as written or amended by the company. The negotiating committee reviewed that package and found no benefit to the membership at all; on Thursday 7/29/10 the committee met with the company and officially requested Federal Mediation.
At this point in time the committee would like to review the contents of the package that was presented by the company at our next general meeting Friday 8/13/10. The location of the meeting is going to be changed to the Clarion Hotel 12635 S. Cleveland Ave (US 41), Fort Myers, at 7:00 PM till 10:00 PM. The proposals in that package will be explained and discussed at this meeting.
Your support in these negotiations is extremely important as it affects your jobs, benefits, wages and working conditions. If you are concerned about your future employment with this company and the impact it may have on you and your families, we highly encourage you to attend this particular meeting!
Brothers and Sisters the fate of this Local Union depends on your support, you are the Union!! Please make plans to attend and participate in this event. Thank You.
IBEW Multi-State Informational Picket held against CenturyLink on July 10, 2010.
Employees Rally to Protest Among Other Things, Employee Treatment, Corporate Greed, Illegal Labor Acts, Accountability
Brothers & Sisters,
Our recent Multi-State Informational Picket against CenturyLink was a huge success. Local 199 alone had one hundred plus (100) picketers who participated in our “Shame on CenturyLink media campaign” United as one in Unity and Solidarity. You can view pictures of this historic event by clicking the link below. Also, be sure to click on the Local 396 tab to see pictures of their picket which was in conjunction with ours. IBEW396.ORG
For those of you who are not registered members with our website I would encourage you to do so by registering. Upon registering, you will be able to access the secured area that has updates regarding your ongoing negotiations. Also, you will be able to receive emails and text messages
with all new updates. The registration process only takes a short amount of time. If you have any trouble getting registered on the website do not hesitate to contact us at 239-334-4171 and we will walk you through the process. This is the quickest and most up to date way to keep yourself
apprised on issues that directly affect you. I would also remind all of you to continue to attend your local unit meetings where we have extensive discussions regarding the current negotiations.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Fraternally,
Richard K. Craddock
Business Manager
*Check out the latest and up to date negotiation information by clicking on the
CenturyLink Negotiation tab under the Member Resources column.
The logo will represent our new combined Local, North and South units. We are having a contest for this logo. Lets get those entries in, E-Mail your logo artwork to the Office. The prize will be an IBEW WATCH. A committee will determine the winner.
