Iue-cwa

Even in these turbulent times, the IUE-CWA has made great strides. For the first time in our Division's history we have met our budget the last two years and continue working hard to meet our budget target in 2008. It was not easy but with all of you working as a team and tightening the belt of fiscal responsibility and accountability we accomplish... ed our goal. We are having success in our LEAN/High Performance SIF. Several IUE-CWA plants have been evaluated and been revived with this new IUE-CWA process. As we move forward, this support and training for our locals will increase. Two areas where we need improvement are communications and training. Lauren Asplen has done a great job on keeping our IUE-CWA News informative and on time. We want to do more. We decided to launch a new IUE-CWA website that will move us forward, be user friendly and put us on the cutting edge of information sharing. The first phase launched the end of April. I want our website to be one-stop shopping for our members to be able to get the information they need. We will have continuous feeds of news affecting manufacturing. We will have a retiree portal for our retirees. (This year we are launching a retirees servicing center for all IUE-CWA retirees). We will have a steward's portal so that all of our stewards can retrieve information they require to do their jobs properly. We are also developing an online steward training that will enable us to train, test and certify our stewards online. As I pledged, the discord that existed between IUE-CWA and the CWA has been healed. We are now one union working together to achieve a common goal of good paying jobs, health care, retirement opportunities and, above all, a safe working environment. We have been successful in changing the direction of IUE-CWA. Working closely with the CWA I am confident we can achieve health care reform, pass the Employee Free Choice Act and grow a bigger and stronger union movement in our country. Without a strong manufacturing base in this country, our very ...Read More