NABET-CWA LOCAL 51016
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Special Meeting Times 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle Parish Center – 405 W. 59th St. Between 9th & 10th Ave.
The agenda for the Special Membership Meeting will be: Update, questions, and discussion concerning ABC Negotiations
IMPORTANT MATTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED. YOU SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND
Food and Drinks will be available
229 W. 28th St., New York, NY 10001 Suite 402
(212) 757-7191
DAVID APONTE Needs Blood & Platelets
David is currently a patient at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His treatment requires regular blood and platelet transfusions.
David and his family would deeply appreciate your donation of blood and/or platelets and requests you ask others you know to donate. Donations not used by David will be released for use by other patients many of whom are children.
To benefit David Aponte all designated donations must be made in the Blood Donor Room of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Please visit www.mskcc.org/blooddonations for complete information about donor eligibility and the donation process for blood or platelets.
For answers to questions and to schedule an appointment that is convenient for you please Contact:
Joe Licata - 212-639-8177
Manager, Blood Donor Program
licataj@mskcc.org
Blood Donor Room – 212-639-7648
1250 First Avenue (between 67th/68th Streets) NYC - Schwartz Building lobby
Open Every Day
Fri Sat Sun Mon 8:30am - 3:00pm
Tues Wed Th 8:30am - 7:00pm
The process for donating whole blood takes approximately1hour
The process for donating platelets takes about 2 ½ hours.
Appointments are necessary- All blood types are acceptable
FREE Donor Parking -
-Somerset Parking Garage, 1365 York Avenue –entrance on NW corner of 72nd Street
NABET-CWA is aware that a number of Disney employees' (and former employees') benefits have been improperly terminated due to the transition from the "old" Disney Benefits Center (outsourced to Hewitt) and the "new" Disney Add it Up Benefits Center (outsourced to Fidelity). The time frame being quoted to correct the problems has been a moving target, and in any event, any answer other than "immediately" is unacceptable. NABET-CWA is in the process of reaching out to high levels at Disney in order to expedite attention to these problems.
At this point, we do not yet have a description of the group of employees/members affected, nor do we know how many there are. Local 16 recommends that all members covered by the Disney Signature Plan call their insurance carriers (CIGNA, Delta Dental, etc.) in order to verify their coverage, so that any lapses can be dealt with before coverage is denied at a doctor, dentist, or pharmacy.
Art Mazzacca, Jim Nolan, & Rich Gelber
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NABET-CWA/ABC-Disney
NEGOTIATIONS
Washington, D.C.
BULLETIN # 27
January 12, 2012
NABET-CWA and ABC, Inc. negotiators convened for three days this week, as scheduled, in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of trying to reach settlement on a new contract to replace the Master Agreement which expired on March 31, 2011.
Going into this round of negotiations, ABC representatives invited the Union to present a proposal that would have the unanimous support of the NABET-CWA Negotiating Committee. On the first day of talks in this round, the Union did just that, and presented a package, which in our view, was a fair deal for both sides and would have the CommitteeÕs backing. The UnionÕs package covered reasonable wage increases, addressed what we believed to be the CompanyÕs concerns concerning the use of digital hand held cameras, addressed job security for staff and daily hires, and sensibly addressed what we believed to be the remaining open items in these negotiations. Unfortunately, ABC promptly rejected the UnionÕs proposal in its entirety that day.
During tense bargaining sessions in the remainder of the week, the Union presented ABC with other package proposals which were also rejected. Instead the Company chose to cherry pick any provision that moved in their direction and promptly rejected the remainder.
These differences include:
ABC seeking to expand the use of digital cameras on news assignments to the extent that by the end of a new contract, nearly half of the 2013 newsgathering workforce in any office of the Company could be replaced by persons other than NABET-CWA represented employees.
ABCÕs unwillingness to provide staff employment to daily hire members despite Union proposals which would fairly accomplish this goal, which has been tentatively achieved at NBC.
ABCÕs unwillingness to provide reasonable wage increases and make other economic improvements which the Union Bargaining Committee believes the members deserve.
At this point, the parties have left the lines of communication open. More information on this latest round of talks and the status of these negotiations will be provided shortly.
The Union Bargaining Committee reminds members to ignore all rumors. All official negotiation and mobilization information will be delivered on the Sector website (<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=IvhGB3Us44G5VMxvIIbnLAG%2F4hJNsqdd>www.nabetcwa.org), on Local websites, hotlines, and e-mail lists.
NABET-CWA Network Negotiating Committee
NABET-CWA ¥ 501 3rd Street NW ¥ Washington, DC 20001 ¥ 202-434-1100
NABET-CWA/ABC-Disney NEGOTIATIONS
Washington DC
TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF NABET-CWA LOCAL #16
OFFICER ELECTIONS: LOCAL SECRETARY-TREASURER
EXECUTIVE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, UNITS #1, #3, #5
Petitions are available at the Union Office, weekdays between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
PETITIONS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE UNION OFFICE BY 5:00 PM, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012.
The term of these offices will be until the next regular election in March, 2015.
A candidate for these offices must be, and must have been, a member in good standing of NABET-CWA continuously for the two years immediately prior to the date of nomination.
A candidate for the office of member of the Local Executive Board must be employed in one of the functional groups comprising the Executive Board unit he/she desires to represent.
Unit #1: WABC-TV, Network and Local Radio, Publicists, Radio Call Screeners, Desk Assistants
Unit #3: Studio Field
Unit #5: TV MCR, NTM, SMAG, DMC MTCE, Traffic
Please note that the Union office will be closed Friday, December 30 and Monday, January 2.
NABET Local 16 member Donald DiFranco was working at the WABC-TV transmitter at Number One World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th when we were attacked.
Don was a great guy, conscientious worker and a dedicated union member. We were all devastated by this horrible loss, and all the lives lost that day.
Bin Laden is dead, but Don DiFranco will live forever. Our thoughts and prayers are with the DiFranco family.
NABET Local 16 member Donald DiFranco was working at the WABC-TV transmitter at Number One World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th when we were attacked.
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