It was a fun day at the Canton Labor Day parade! We are thankful to celebrate organized labor (past, present & future) with our union brothers & sisters. We especially love seeing the next generation of the movement with the 'Little Teamsters' who really make this event special. Thank you to everyone who took time on their holiday to come out and celebrate with us. A special thank you to Kristy Speciale for the great photos she took of the event. We appreciate you all and hope to see everyone again next year!

What a busy morning at UPS Asheville as Brothers Ball, Carlton & Pintacuda attended a retirement ceremony for five of our drivers; Scott Brown, Chang Kim, Fonda Frady, Robert Sloan & James Larkin.  We congratulate you all. Best wishes to you all in this exciting next chapter of life!

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Local 61 celebrated Labor Day with a great crowd of our members and their families, our largest turnout to date!  We rode again this year on our float through the historic streets of Canton, NC.  Beginning in 1906, Canton holds the longest running parade in the South with 2024 marking its 116th year.  Thank you to everyone who came out on your holiday to celebrate this event with us, we hope to see even more of you next year!  We were glad to have Asheville City Council Member Kim Rhoney join us in support of Labor.

WLOS News 13 Article, Canton Labor Day Parade 2024

Late last week, over 17,000 CWA workers across the Southeast went on an unfair labor practice strike in protest against AT&T's bad faith bargaining tactics. CWA District 3 members across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee walked off the job. 

On Monday, August 19th, 2024 Teamsters Local 61 Executive Board supported the picket lines of our CWA Local 3601 brothers & sisters in Canton, Asheville & Hendersonville.  Local 3601 has about 120 members, making up the entirety of Buncombe, Haywood and Henderson County's technicians who install, support and maintain AT&T's wireline network.

The CWA made the following statement:

"Communications Workers of America (CWA) employed by AT&T Southeast are on strike to protest unfair labor practices committed by management during negotiations for a new union contract.

CWA has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against AT&T for not bargaining in good faith, engaging in surface bargaining, and not sending representatives to the bargaining table with the authority to make decisions. The charges also address the company’s refusal to bargain over mandatory subjects of bargaining and reneging on agreements made in bargaining.

Our union entered into negotiations in a good faith effort to reach a fair contract, but we have been met at the table by company representatives who were unable to explain their own bargaining proposals and did not seem to have the actual bargaining authority required by the legal obligation to bargain in good faith,” said CWA District 3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt. “Our members want to be on the job, providing the quality service that our customers deserve. It’s time for AT&T to start negotiating in good faith so that we can move forward towards a fair contract.

The strike will involve over 17,000 technicians, customer service representatives, and others who install, maintain, and support AT&T’s residential and business wireline telecommunications network in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee."  

CWA AT&T Southeast Workers Go on Strike

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