Bargaining Update

American Airlines

Members of the CWA steering committee at American Airlines met in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Tex., this week, to review the results of the bargaining issue survey that agents completed and select bargaining committee members. Agents won union representation on Sept. 9 in a big NMB election victory.

Washington Post

CWA Steering Committee members meet in Texas.

Below: TNG-CWA members at the Washington Post, joined by CWA and labor activists, protest management's giveback demands and rally for a fair contract.

Tough bargaining is underway covering about 900 TNG-CWA members at the Washington Post, and union workers and allies from the DC labor community rallied with Post workers outside the newspaper's offices, fighting back against the company's attack on their jobs and retirement security.

Management wants to cut wages by 17 percent, with more cuts to come. It's also demanding givebacks in severance pay, seniority and job security, and wants to end payroll deduction for union dues. Management also is demanding that the defined benefits pension plan covering longtime workers be frozen and that pensions for new employees be abolished altogether.

Last November, TNG-CWA Local 32035 reached a one year agreement, the first to be bargained under new owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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The State Journal-Register

About 75 activists marched and shouted their support for newsroom employees of The State Journal-Register (in Springfield, Ill.) who are trying to negotiate their first contract with GateHouse Media, the newspaper's owner. Newspaper workers haven't had a pay raise in seven years, but GateHouse keeps paying bonuses to top executives. Negotiations resumed Oct. 29.