Local 6137 is CWA Strong

CWA Local 6137 in Corpus Christi, Tx. makes internal organizing a daily priority, and it shows. They represent 472 AT&T employees, and 463 of them are CWA members – 98%!

Local President Kristie Moeller Veit says the key to keeping their union strong is talking to everyone. "We show up and have frequent face-to-face conversations with members, new hires, and non-members to help get ahead of problems," Veit says. "In this social media driven world, it's more important than ever to develop real and personal relationships. It's the best way to get people involved."

The local has 50 stewards who understand their workplaces and who have been thoroughly trained to use their individual strengths to organize effectively.

In their conversations, members and stewards emphasize that local union representatives are there to represent everyone.

"Local union representatives are hourly employees like them and have the same concerns with the employer and workplace," said Moeller Veit. "We always emphasize that everybody's in the union together, and we're all part of the solution."

Local 6137 is focusing on internal organizing to make CWA Strong.