{"id":3996,"date":"2019-05-02T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2020-06-28T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T01:32:13","slug":"envoy-bargaining-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/?p=3996","title":{"rendered":"Envoy Bargaining Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/actionnetwork.org\/user_files\/user_files\/000\/017\/047\/original\/cwa_agents_logo_envoy.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CWA Envoy Agents\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net\/mpss\/c\/1gA\/ni0YAA\/t.2r9\/pfMwogSYR96QvS8ifaPKIg\/h0\/0xm0ybB91AUkxRjTCiAIrhiMjB6G4Mjk5dl8ih7s6RPPLwMqs2f-2BL8BX3-2F3m-2FomkdX9APB3NCqdy57bKWPJ2IFQ7tj0vqVdheD-2BjRZmi4-2BaP6BA7-2By-2BHDBM4nk2wx96l3nOP1cBreObZpJx-2B8CSa1bFWpYtN0mazWycvGBScnQi0bjsu7KIpN9zDRX3yWG2IN6kVOgKiBZMBHqqYYRhb6U-2BomRAexyVJ0hCN9XTuNA7O57RiJuz4St5Kg6-2FaVLK4\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Bargaining between our CWA bargaining team and the company resumed April 17-19. I was proud to serve as an observer at the bargaining table alongside Takisha Gower (DFW) and Shannon Kitchen (LCH). Having observers like us at the table helps more agents understand the bargaining process so we can better support our bargaining team and show the company that agents across the country are united in our demand for a fair deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a passenger service\nagent for 30 years, and I can&#8217;t remember the last time I got a significant\nraise. Like you, I&#8217;m tired of the pressures of the job getting worse every day\njust so executives can line their own pockets and threaten us with outsourcing.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I saw firsthand in the last bargaining session how dug in Envoy management is, and it&#8217;s frustrating. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They refused to meet our demand for higher wages and a shorter contract. We all know we deserve more, but unless we mobilize and show the company that we&#8217;re fighting together and won&#8217;t give up, management won&#8217;t change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re heading back to the\nbargaining table in Dallas from May 20-22. This time, there will be a mediator\nfrom the National Mediation Board there to help ensure the process is fair and\nmoving forward so the company can&#8217;t just keep saying no. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s clear to me that victory\nat the bargaining table will come from our unity.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every agent must get involved.\nMembers of our Mobilization Team are gathering signatures on letters to\nmanagement. We&#8217;ll take copies of the letters to the mediation session later\nthis month to show we&#8217;re all standing together and demanding a fair contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/data\/000\/283\/260\/original\/ORD_Envoy_Agents.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <br><em>My fellow agents at ORD are mobilizing!<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My fellow agents at ORD are mobilizing!<\/em>We need every Envoy agent to sign on now! If you haven&#8217;t signed a letter yet, contact your Mobilization Team member or send a message to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@envoyagents.org\" target=\"_blank\">info@envoyagents.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we&#8217;re going to start sending out more text messages to make sure you know what&#8217;s going on and so we can take action quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To join the text message list, text ENVOY to 69866.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In unity, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martha Chentis<br>\nLead Agent, ORD \n\nP.S. Help us make\nsure every agent is getting our email alerts and text messages by <a href=\"https:\/\/u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net\/mpss\/c\/1gA\/ni0YAA\/t.2r9\/pfMwogSYR96QvS8ifaPKIg\/h1\/3nboA8-2F9xMzJpTI692XHg0jdriizfhrfk33uasDaoQsaPqCwNyw6z54chNxWdqWo-2BvpnQenx9Q3-2FC4uItg3XSGde6MXI9S22b12ReFNIJ-2BrBHZXuleBruZUFMqyMXwdnaPN5PUyFDWB1liq4Ch0J3SJ88vciPk12zBLl3F0bDb4ylc22qA-2BLcNkJbt19Vk4x9zGzDLiry0G-2FdPYGROUjWSzn2N2dIbw4oqpgfAX1fTRlurQ3Mb4AYuXs8swVAU0UHwssXaJUAkq4sBweCTeAyqgDu1CEL43TOQspHb9vKPVd2SAHCGaLTiMEQGFhdKHzA0l-2B3tZD1MAcPnHI-2FN-2FbC2JB5KB0jNdCfK5i3mllm-2BQLrOPt3EE2xpoftCMNY1lEaIhAhu7TQ1fBOvknhgwxrlFFdOJKFj6J51IR8Y876Koodw8UHyLiw4pK6hxIjl0d-2FLmhXeq2Ecs1kH3dxvFEbGXv8emZxAlwpVxAWBbHvlzvfVldUhK9-2Buc6X8s2MHsZ8yK8uUYvT59Tvah4C28f1bF6BR35tap3Rs28Dogc9pFh-2B9U2PQ6aabHxBSQxjbgdHt94RkihXbiIlz1Yb8Z63MHa-2F92uOqC6-2Bv5iCYTlq-2BKC3XJppNAPrOKzEQGZgtkQZCB5L29RcSFAprMuJYOtxGNQWfBpbR9HDXE7CqGP-2FVs-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clicking here to invite your co-workers to sign up<\/a>. If you\nneed more pins and stickers or are interested in joining the Mobilization Team,\nsend a message to <a href=\"mailto:info@envoyagents.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@envoyagents.org<\/a>\ntoday.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bargaining between our CWA bargaining team and the company resumed April 17-19. I was proud to serve as an observer at the bargaining table alongside Takisha Gower (DFW) and Shannon Kitchen (LCH). Having observers like us at the table helps &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/?p=3996\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-envoy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cwa9003.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}