WHAT THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WILL HURT THEM
The next Membership Meeting will be held:
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
7:00 P.M.
CWA Local 3871 Office
5074 Bluff City Hwy, Bluff City TN 37618
Email: president@unionforever3871.com
Membership Meeting June 3rd
Tuesday, June 3 · 7:00 – 9:30pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rmv-djxe-dgp
May 2025 Membership Meeting Highlights
Finance-Please reach out to Timothy Mullady for any questions about the finance report.
Nominations- Nominations were made to replace the Area Representative for Brightspeed Kingsport District. One nomination was made for Adam Roberts who won by acclamation.
New Members- The Local voted in twenty-two new members this month.
Alliance Mobile- A store visit with an organizer from District has been tentatively scheduled for June 4th.
DTV- No new items.
Holston Rehabilitation and Care Center- The Union has made several attempts to schedule bargaining sessions and a meeting for an active grievance. The Company has failed to respond at this time and the Union will need to act.
AT&T- A call center visit has been set for June 4th with an organizer from the District and Local Officers. The new line of business has brought several concerns to local leadership stating they feel misled with the type of calls they are taking versus what they believe was presented in the interview process. The Union is looking into finding the job rec. to see if this will provide any insight into the concern. Two grievances were settled in favor of the Union. The details are as follows. ATTMC-3871-092024-LOA3 Coaching on calls. A settlement for managers "to reserve coachings for when the expert is off the phone" has been made. ATTMC-3871-102024-11 Bidding time grievance. A settlement of the following terms has been made. For all future bidding the Company agrees to have management send a reminder to any employee(s) who have not completed their bid halfway through the bidding time process via email and teams. The Company will also notify the Union of the said employees, so they are also able to send a reminder. If the close date of the bid is near and the employee has not been able to submit a bid due to call volume the employee is able to notify their manager, they need offline time to submit the bid which will be granted. Samantha also announced that all seniority grievances have been assigned, and data scanned in and a mock argument within the Local has been set to prepare for the informal the following day. Four new Stewards are set to train on May 20th,2025.
Brightspeed- Concerns about less tenured employees not being trained on Fiber were brought forth by membership along with the fact that those who are copper trained are not having copper tickets added to their load. Open discussion was had in regard to Articles 25 and 23. At this time there is no clear contract violation to fille a grievance. An open discussion was held as to what items need to be addressed in the next bargaining sessions. Lack of adequate safety training was brought to the Locals attention. President Luna will meet with AVP Meredith on how to address the safety concerns.
Open discussion to floor- Membership brought forth concerns about auto notations since the most recent system updates with AT&T. President Luna advised she was aware of this issue and already in discussion with the Company about this issue. Membership also wanted to know if special offers have to be presented to each Mobility customer when available. It was confirmed that yes it has to be presented when available.