Workers Keep CWA at Budget Rental, Join CWA in Other Campaigns

A unit of 53 Budget Rental Car workers represented by IUE-CWA Local 81201 at Logan Airport beat back a management-supported campaign to get rid of their union, and voted 25-18 to keep their IUE-CWA voice. A strong rank and file campaign that included house visits and a public letter of support signed by 26 workers was key to the victory. Workers at Budget first organized in October 2009.

Local organizer Sheila McGuillicuddy helped the group remain united, working with Budget workers and stewards Mukhtar Abdul and Kamau Hashim, and Jorge Rivera, chief steward from the CWA-represented unit at Avis.

In Baltimore, workers at the American Red Cross voted for Local 2100 representation by a 5-2 vote. Workers held together despite an intense anti-union campaign. The campaign was led by local organizer Pam Wilt and supported by local president Mark Balsamo.

In Arizona, eight print shop workers in the Tucson Unified School District voted for Local 7000 representation, the second print shop organized by the local recently. In another campaign, three workers at the Gloo Factory joined Local 7000 through majority sign up. Workers were assisted by local president Linda Hatfield and organizer Maritza Broce.

In New Jersey, the 23 members of the Advertising Business Inside Circulation Employees Association at the Trentonian newspaper voted to affiliate with TNG-CWA Local 38010. The newspaper was formed in the 1940s by ITU members who were on strike at the Trenton Times.