Organizing Update

Cricket Workers Join CWA Through Majority Signup

Idaho

Cricket retail employees in Idaho have joined CWA Local 7603, District 7 Administrative Director Al Kogler said. Local 7603 President Mike Frost and Executive Vice President Jarom Eisley led the effort to support the 16 workers from stores in Boise and Nampa to organize.

Wisconsin

Twelve retail employees in two metro Milwaukee area stores are now members of CWA Local 4603, said CWA District 4 Organizing Coordinator Joy Roberts. Local 4603 Vice President Kim Ward and Chief Stewards Wendy Fonseca and Dru Zellmer assisted workers in the campaign.

Ohio

In the Buckeye state, 34 Cricket retail workers are now members of CWA Local 4320. The local's AT&T Mobility mobilizer Phil Pennington and AT&T Mobility steward David Lazarek supported the workers' campaign.

Point Park University Will Finally Bargain With Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh

More than 11 years ago, the faculty at Point Park University in Pittsburgh voted to join TNG-CWA Local 38061. But it wasn't until Monday that the university finally dropped its legal challenge over whether workers can form a union under the National Labor Relations Act and agreed to begin collective bargaining.

Michael A. Fuoco, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he is "extremely pleased the administration recognized the democratic vote of its faculty, even if it took more than a decade to do so."

Fuoco, who is also a reporter at the newspaper, said, "We are happy the will of the Point Park faculty is being recognized by the administration and look forward to negotiating a first-ever full-time faculty contract that is fair and equitable to all parties."

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