CWA-COPE Contest a Tremendous Success

CWA members were the biggest winners in this year’s CWA-COPE contest, because the big jump in new CWA-COPE contributors means that CWAers will have an even stronger voice in the political process.

CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill said CWAers should be very proud that “in the face of great challenges, a record number of members volunteered to either contribute to COPE for the first time or increase their contributions.”

Districts 1 and 6 won the contest, with District 1 collecting the most cards, 1,107, and District 6 raising the most dollars, $129,591, Hill said.

During the six month contest, 4,457 CWAers signed up for COPE for the first time or increased their contributions. That represents a 12.5 percent increase in contributions over 2009.

The hard work of CWA’s legislative/political coordinators, state coordinators and activists in every district and sector made the campaign a tremendous success. And the added incentive of the chance to win a trip to Las Vegas didn’t hurt.

On Nov. 2, eight separate drawings were held at CWA headquarters, with Hill and CWA Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Rechenbach picking the lucky winners of the trip for two to Las Vegas, including two nights’ accommodation and airfare. Watch the drawing at www.cwa-union.org/drawing, or check out the list of winners below:

• District 1 Michael Jones, Local 1109, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• District 2 Richard Henderson, Local 2010, Glenville, WVA
• District 3 Bonnie Cortes, Local 3250, Georgia
• District 4 Augusta Turman, Local 4302, Arkon, OH
• District 6 Brian Curby, Local 6143, San Antonio, TX
• District 7 Ken Saether, Local 7906, Lebanon, OR
• District 9 Name Withheld for Privacy, Local 9408, Fresno, CA

Combined drawing for District 13/IUE-CWA/AFA-CWA, and media sectors

• Winner Kent Gee, IUE-CWA Local 86782, Tyler, TX