Bargaining Update

GE Appliance Park

IUE-CWA has reached a new tentative agreement with Haier Group covering 4,000 workers at Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky.

An earlier proposal was rejected by members of IUE-CWA Local 83761. The new tentative contract provides for additional wage increases, a ratification bonus, and other improvements.

The member ratification vote is set for this week.

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Momentive

Negotiations resumed this week between IUE-CWA and Momentive Performance Materials in Waterford, N.Y. About 700 members of CWA Locals 81359 and 81380 have been on strike since Nov. 2.

Tomorrow in New York City, CWAers and allies will rally in front of Apollo Global, which owns 40 percent of Momentive, to protest Wall Street greed and the economic assault on the workers in Waterford and their community.

Keep up with the latest here.

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AT&T Mobility

AT&T Mobility workers are all in for a fair contract and are ready for bargaining that gets underway in January. The Orange Mobility contract covers 22,000 workers in Districts 1, 2-13, 4, 7, and 9. CWA members at Mobility have a clear message for AT&T: "We want good jobs in our communities and in this country. We want jobs at AT&T."

Mobility members are ready to do whatever it takes, and are participating in training sessions in advance of bargaining for power in several districts.

CWA Mobility members in Davenport, Iowa, and Chicago, Ill., are working together to build power in bargaining.