Organizing Update

CWA Local 1120 welcomes 11 new members from the Monroe Free Library.

In a National Labor Relations Board election, workers at the Monroe Free Library in Poughkeepsie, NY, voted 11 to 0 this week to become CWA Local 1120 members. Local 1120 President Frank Fauci and Executive Vice President Jim Gescheidle worked with a very strong inside committee on the campaign.

The library board first forced CWA Local 1120 into a federal hearing that CWA had to win just in order to have the election. The library workers had to go through two battles just to get basic, fair representation. The third round now begins as they negotiate a first contract.