Announcements

LOCAL LEADERS November 1, 2021 To: CWA Local Presidents Dear Colleagues: This is to inform you that we will be announcing the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation’s scholarship for the 2022-2023 school year. Attached you will find a copy of the Beirne Foundation scholarship rules, along with a copy of the poster that can be distributed to members and posted on the local websites. The Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved the awarding of sixteen (16) partial college scholarships of $4,000 each for two years. Eligible for the scholarships are CWA members, their spouses, children, and grandchildren, including the dependents of retired, laid-off, or deceased members. Applications will be available solely online for submission on the Foundation’s website at http://cwa-union.org/beirne-application. Please follow this link at www.cwa-union.org/beirneposter for the poster that you can distribute to members and post on local websites to encourage participation. Full program details can be found on the website at: https://cwa-union.org/pages/beirne_scholarship_application. This valuable scholarship program is made possible by the funding of CWA locals. For those locals not yet participating in funding the Beirne scholarships, I urge you to do so. Financial arrangements can be made to accommodate your local’s needs. For more information and assistance, please call 202.434.1320. In Unity, Christopher M. Shelton President cc:   Executive Board CWA National Staff CWA 501 Third Street NW Washington, DC 20001 cwa-union.org Text CWAACTION to 69866 to Join Our Rapid Response Text List Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC.

A party was held last Saturday, October 23, 2021, to help President Mark Doffing celebrate his retirement.  It was located in the banquet room at Celt’s Pub in Farmington.  Many co-workers, family, friends, and retirees showed up to offer their congratulations.  Mark started working for the phone company in July of 1978.  He believes he has been very fortunate to have worked with so many great people for 43 years.  His immediate future involves moving to beautiful, sunny Florida.  He is also looking forward to spending more time with his family and especially his grandchildren.  Secretary / Treasurer, Janelle Schadt presented Mark with his gold watch. CWA Local 7270 thanks Mark for his service.                                             Best wishes for a terrific future and a happy retirement.  

The CWA Local 7270 meeting was held on October 10th, 2021 at the Lakeville, MN Holiday Inn.  Thank you to everyone who attended.  President Mark Doffing is retiring this month, so Carson Turnquist will take over as President.  Nominations were opened for the office of Vice-President.  Andy Queen nominated Mark Page.  There were no other nominations.   Mark Page accepted the nomination and through the process of acclamation will become the new Vice-President.   Nominations were also taken for an open position on the bargaining committee.  Janelle Schadt was nominated.   There were no other nominations.   Janelle Schadt accepted the nomination and through the process of acclamation will become the new bargaining committee member.  Congratulations to Mark and Janelle.

     

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The following information was sent by Dan Reynolds, Assistant Director of Research, Communications Workers of America.  Our President, Mark Doffing, asked for it to be posted on our website.  This is regarding the upcoming MNPUC proceedings.

Hi All –

I wanted to make sure you all saw the PUC order was added to the docket last week.

Here’s the schedule they set for the proceeding:

1. Frontier shall file a proposed protective order within 10 days.

   b. Frontier shall file an informational filing pertaining to virtual separation within

   the scope of this proceeding within 30 days.

   c. 60 days after Frontier’s informational filing, parties should file comments on the

   issues identified for the scope of the proceeding.

   d. 45 days after initial comments, reply comments are due. 9

   e. The Commission delegates to the Executive Secretary the authority to modify any

of the timelines specified above.

–

Dan Reynolds (he / him / his)

Communications Workers of America

Assistant Director of Research

Office: 202.434.1196

Cell: 202.713.9326

 

The following is the MPUC order.  Click on the link to read.

PUC filing 20219-178337-01

It’s that time again folks!  CWA Local 7270 will hold it’s annual State Meeting at the Lakeville Holiday Inn on October 10th, 2021.  The address is: 20800 Kenrick Avenue, Lakeville, MN  55044   Brunch will be served from 10:30am to 11:30am.  The meeting will begin in the banquet room at 12:00pm.  Nominations will be taken for the office of Vice-President and for a bargaining committee member.  Our President, Mark Doffing is retiring at the end of October.  Please contact your stewards with any questions.  Hope to see a great turnout this year!