Events

Next Generation Activist Training (136.6 KiB)

Registration - 2020 Presidents Meeting And Legislative-Political Conference (6.1 KiB)

L-099 CWA District 7 Conference 2020 - Update (157.0 KiB)

L-099a District 7 Conference Registration Form (22.1 KiB)

L-001-D7 CWA Strong Int Org Virtual Training (48.0 KiB)

L-012- District 7 Conference 2021 (162.6 KiB)

April 13, 2022

To:   All Local Officers

Subject: Registration and room block - 2022 Presidents Meeting and Legislative/Political Conference

Dear colleagues:

You can now register online for the 2022 Legislative-Political Conference, which will be held on June 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, located at 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

The registration form is available at https://cwa.org/lp2022registration. Registration will be open until May 18, 2022.

The Legislative-Political Conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, and will conclude on Wednesday afternoon, June 15.

You can now register online for the 2022 Presidents Meeting. Both the Presidents Meeting and the Legislative/Political Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, located at 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

The CWA room block at the Hyatt is now open, and can be accessed here: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/WASRW/G-CWAC. The cut-off for hotel reservations is May 15, 2022.

Please note the new starting time: The Presidents Meeting will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 13, and will continue until business is concluded. To register, go to: https://cms.cwa-union.org.

We look forward to seeing you and your delegates at both of these important meetings in June.

Notice of change of Human Rights Conference Hotel

2022 Human Right Conference (314.6 KiB)

First And Second-Year Leadership School (321.6 KiB)

2022 Payment Form (412.0 KiB)

The CWA District 7 Conference will be held in person on October 31-November 1, 2022 in Albuquerque, NM at the Hotel Albuquerque. Registration details will be sent to locals in June.

Below is the tentative agenda for planning purposes:

• October 31, 2022 – General Session - all day
• November 1, 2022 – General Session - will conclude no later than 12:00pm
• November 1, 2022 – Lumen Bargaining Council Meeting - following close of general session

Pleas see the attachment for registration and further details.

2022 District 7 Conference (193.8 KiB)

Once again, we are excited to announce that Unity@Mobility will be offering 15 scholarships for Mobility members to this year’s CWA Wireless Conference.

As we announced last week, this year’s conference will be held April 17^th through the 20^th in Providence, RI . Scholarships cover the cost of lost time wages, travel, hotel accommodations, registration fee and meals for each winner.

We are asking Local leadership to send the applications to your Mobility members that you feel would benefit from attending the conference.

Click here to download an application.

This is an opportunity to for an up-and-coming Mobility leader in your local to connect with other wireless workers from around the country, learn from each other, develop skills to take back to your local, and become a union leader in your workplace!

Applications are due on February 20, 2023

Winners will be announced on February 28, 2023, so they will have time to get off work!

In Solidarity,

Dennis G. Trainor
District 1 Vice President
Unity@Mobility

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 CWA/USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference (HSE) will be held April 17, 2023 through April 21, 2023, at the Westin Convention Center and Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The conference is designed for participation by local union health, safety, and environmental activists, and local union leadership.  We strongly encourage you to consider sending both ‘seasoned’ health and safety activists/reps, as well as members with less experience who have a strong interest in being involved in the fight for health and safety.

The national conference will emphasize:

· Increasing participant knowledge and skills about a wide range of
health, safety, and environmental topics;
· Developing strategies to fight for and improve day-to-day member
working conditions; and
· Sharing knowledge and experience among members.

The first day of the HSE Conference on Monday, April 17^th is an all-day, union-only event with both plenary and workshop sessions.  On Monday, after the scheduled union-only workshops, there will be a special CWA meeting for all CWA attendees facilitated by CWA’s National Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health. From Tuesday through Friday all plenary sessions and workshops may also be attended by management health and safety representatives from USW-represented employers per collective bargaining agreements between the USW and represented employers.  The conference will adjourn Friday by noon.

Workshop sessions on the union-only day will focus on topics such as Work Stress and Long Hours, Stopping Behavior-based Blame-the-Worker Programs, Investigating Health and Safety Issues, Collective Action and Organizing Around H&S, and many more. The Tuesday-Friday sessions will target a wide range of topics such as Occupational Diseases, Effective Health and Safety Committees, Industrial Hygiene, Prevention of Heat-related Illnesses, Prevention of Workplace Lead Exposures, Disaster Preparedness, Process Safety Management, Prevention of Workplace Violence, Health and Safety Rights, and more.  The full agenda is currently under development.

There will be a special Health Care track on Wednesday, April 19th with workshop topics and panel presentations geared specifically for health care members and issues such as workplace violence and safe patient handling.

The registration instructions and hotel information are attached. Please note, all CWA participants should use the dedicated CWA link for registration

Occupational and environmental health and safety remains a key concern for our members and the HSE Conference will expand our opportunities to improve the Union’s health and safety programs and ability to fight for safe workplaces.

In Unity,

Christopher M. Shelton
President

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CWA’s Next Generation Committee will be hosting a Next Generation Young Activists
Forum May 17- 19, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio.

During the Forum, 50 young CWA members will connect with each other and with
mentors who will help them take their activism to the next level.

The Forum’s guest speakers and interactive workshops will inspire them with powerful,
real world examples of collective action that works. Back home they’ll put their new
skills to work by either forming new Next Gen committees or joining existing committees
in their Locals and recruiting fellow young members to support priority campaigns—all
with help from our Next Gen Lead Activists.

Please identify CWA members aged 35 and younger who are eager to get active in our
union and who value training, networking, and ongoing mentorship. Interested
members may apply by completing the application form and submitting it no later than
March 17, 2023.

CWA Next Gen funds will cover each participant’s hotel, meals during the Forum, and
lost time for the three days. For each applicant selected to attend, their Local will be
asked to fund transportation to and from the Forum and any incidental costs approved
in advance by their Local. Attached is an Information Sheet for Local officers. Members
aged 35 and younger with approval from their Local president may apply using the form
at https://action.cwa.org/events/cwangaf2023

2023 CWA Convention and District 7 Meeting

The 79th CWA Convention will be held in St. Louis, MO July 9-12, 2023.
Please note the following District 7 Meeting during this Convention:
Sunday, July 9th at 2 p.m. – District 7 Meeting

You have to register twice for the convention, first is through the online Convention
Management System (CMS) at cms.cwa-union.org.
After registering via CMS, fill out D7 CWA National Convention 2023 Registration Form.
The registration fee for each Delegate, Alternate and Guest is $100. Checks should be
made payable to “CWA District 7 Registration Fund” and mailed to CWA District 7, 8085
East Prentice Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-2745.
Both registration form and check should be received in the District Office by Friday,
June 30, 2023.
For general information on the Convention, visit
https://cwa-union.org/convention

Dear Local Presidents,

The 2023 Minority Leadership Institute will be held on October 29-November 3, 2023, in Iowa City, IA at the University of Iowa Labor Center.

The aim of the 2023 Minority Leadership Institute is to expand the skills, knowledge, and leadership of minority activists in CWA. One activist will be selected from District 7.

The program will consist of a rigorous curriculum around union programs and a follow-up facilitated by a mentor that will ensure participants receive the support they need in implementing their action plans into frontline legislative, political, and organizing campaigns.

The International Union will cover wages and expenses for all the participants.
In considering candidates for the MLI class of 2023 we strongly encourage you to seek candidates who have shown an aptitude for representational, organizing, and legislative/political engagement within the union as well as active engagement around issues that affect their communities.

Please submit the attached nomination form along with a recommendation from the Local President. Send them to smcallister@cwa-union.org no later than August 31, 2023.

Attachment

Attachment MLI 2023 Nomination Form (45.5 KiB)

We will be holding two Local Officer Training sessions in early 2024. One will be held in
person and one will be held virtually. Please save the following dates.

In Person:
Where: Embassy Suites Airport, Denver, CO
Start: January 22, 2024, 8:00AM Mountain
End: January 24, 2024, 4:00PM Mountain

Virtual:
Where: Online
When: February 28, 2024-March 1, 2024

Details on registration and room reservations are attached.

Reminder Local Officer Training – Registration Information (Correction) (106.9 KiB)

See attached.

2024 District 7 CWA Strong Internal Organizing Training (44.0 KiB)

The CWA District 7 Conference will be held May 5–7, 2024 at the Hilton, 301 W. 6th Street Vancouver, WA 98660. We will be having bargaining unit meetings starting Sunday morning at 9:00am (schedule to be determined).
The General Session will begin Sunday afternoon at 1:00pm, May 5, 2024, and the conference will end by 12:00pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. We will be holding a Lumen bargaining unit meeting May 7, 2024, from 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Please see the attached for registration and additional information.

2024 District 7 Conference-Registration Details (108.4 KiB)

Dear Colleagues:

You can now register online for the 2024 Presidents’ Meeting and the Legislative-Political Conference. These meetings will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, located at 400 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington, DC.

The Presidents’ Meeting will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024, and will continue until business is concluded. Online registration begins today. To register, go to: https://cms.cwa-union.org/

The Legislative-Political Conference will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, and continue through Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Online registration begins today through June 17, 2024. To register, go to: https://cwa-union.jotform.com/220886331034047

The room block is now open for reservations at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Please click here to make your reservations: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/WASRW/G-CWA4, the cutoff date is May 28, 2024.

We look forward to seeing you and your delegates at both of these important meetings in June. Don't forget to bring your CWA lanyard and help reduce landfill waste.

In Unity,

Ameenah Salaam
Secretary-Treasurer

In an effort to provide Leadership Training for local leaders we wanted to offer the Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School (GCRMLS). The training will be taking place in Golden, Colorado, July 7, 2024 – July 13, 2024, registration is currently open if you are interested and would like more information, please visit their website https://www.gcrmls.org.  The registration fee covers rooms and meals for all attendees.

Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School was founded on December 12, 1956, as The Rocky Mountain Labor School. The following year, the first annual GCRMLS was hosted in 1957 at the Alpine Rose Lodge in Brighton Utah. Local leaders, members, and union activists gathered in one location to learn, gain tools, and knowledge to do their role and their job better.

Every year after, the school has traveled expanding to the other Rocky Mountain States reaching all eight of the Rocky Mountain States, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, and Wyoming.

These Rocky Mountain States are represented through the Board of Directors. Which is made up of the Executive Officer of each of the eight Rocky Mountain States AFL-CIOs. The school has been officially endorsed by these state organizations.

Unfortunately, neither Lumen’s Partners in Education or AT&T mobility tuition assistance will pay for these classes.

District 7 will be providing 5 scholarships for applicants to attend and have placed spots on hold.  The scholarships will be for tuition only; they will not include transportation, lost time or incidental meal expenses. Scholarship applicants may be asked to share rooms. If you are interested in a scholarship, please email me at pcastaneda@cwa-union.org

Scholarships to the CWA Human Rights Conference

CWA District 7 will be offering 5 scholarships for CWA members to attend the CWA
Human Rights Conference that will be held August 11-14, 2024, in Houston Texas.
The theme this year is, No Vote is a Vote, addressing the historic recurrence of
systemic racism, and voter suppression and how we can fight back and win.
The goal of the conference is to train, energize, and mobilize our members into action
behind human rights issues, both nationally and locally.
The opening ceremony will begin at 5:30 pm on Sunday, August 11th
.
Please see the attached application for eligibility requirements and details.
Please fill out the attached application and return it to Paul Castaneda at
pcastaneda@cwa-union.org before June 24, 2024.
Notification of selection will be given on July 1, 2024.

CWA District 7 Human Rights Conference App (64.5 KiB)