CWA LOCAL 1031
John E. Rose, President
CWA Local 1031
John E. Rose, President
84 Culver Road
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
United States 08852
Phone: (732) 274-2171
Fax: (732) 274-0154
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Local 1031 represents public workers at the following State Colleges and Universities: The College of New Jersey, Kean University, Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, Ramapo College, Rowan University, Stockton College, Thomas Edison State College and William Paterson University, as well as the State Workers for the Commission on Higher Education and the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. Additionally, this representation extends to the supervisors at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Cranford Township Employees, Maplewood Township Employees, Millburn Board of Education Employees, Roselle Park Police Dispatchers, Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch and seventeen libraries: Bergenfield, Bloomfield, Clifton, Cranford, Elizabeth, Irvington, the Library of the Chathams, Livingston, Maplewood, Middlesex, Millburn, North Brunswick, Nutley, Orange, South Brunswick, Westfield and West Orange.
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Congratulations to the following members who were selected winners of this year’s CWA Local 1031 Scholarships and Dependent Care Grants!!
The winning names (pending verification) were drawn at the August 20, 2008 Statewide General Membership Meeting. For the fifth year in a row, a member from each branch was eligible to win one of twelve (12) $500 scholarships and two (2) dependent care grants were awarded on a state-wide basis.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
| WORKSITE | NAME OF MEMBER | NAME OF APPLICANT | SCHOOL ATTENDING |
| TCNJ | Angela Scheideler | Michelle Scheideler | Mercer County College |
| Stockton | Gwen Govia | Mark Govia | Stockton |
| MSU | Margaret King | Rory King | Bergen Comm College |
| WPU | Sandy Musson | Susan Musson | Bergen Comm College |
| Ramapo | Patricia Rabel-Snyder | Elizabeth Remik | Univ of Hartford |
| Rowan | Kathleen Pasquarella | David Pasquarella | Seton Hall Univ |
| Libraries | Aarti Mankikak | Priti Mankikak | TCNJ |
| MBOE | Roberto Lio | Yuney Lio | WPU |
| UMDNJ | John Liss | Matthew Liss | West Virginia Univ |
| HESAA | Robert Raup | Candice Raup | Rowan Univ |
| KEAN | Dawn Worley | Tyrell Worley | Art Inst of Philadelphia |
| NJCU | Katy Marquez | Self | NJCU |
DEPENDENT CARE GRANT WINNERS
| WORKSITE | NAME OF MEMBER | NAME OF APPLICANT |
| NJCU | Katy Marquez | Samantha Marquez |
| Local Office | Holly Zubairu | Kaiara Zubairu |
June 24, 2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
We want to THANK YOU all for your support and update you on recent events. Despite the newspaper stories to the contrary – we DID NOT get defeated in the Legislature.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
There were a half a dozen bills to cut our benefits, including proposals to cut pension benefits by 9%, to put all new workers into 401K plans, to change the formula used to compute the pension from the average of the final 3 years to the average of the final 5 years, and to eliminate anyone not working 35 hours a week from healthcare and pension.
We launched a huge fight with our allies in AFSCME, IFPTE, AFT and the NJEA which included not only membership mobilization, but an extensive media campaign which brought pressure on the Legislature.
WE BEAT BACK;
* All cuts to Parks and Forestry;
* All layoffs;
* 9% cut in pension;
* New workers will not go into 401Ks;
* We keep 3 years final average salary;
* Part-timers keep pension and healthcare (where they have it).
But our enemies (Senators Steve Sweeney and Barbara Buono) are powerful and held the budget hostage. They extracted 3 concessions as a price of their vote:
* A bill changing the Normal Retirement Age for new workers from 60 to 62;
* At the end of our contract – ALL local government and state government workers lose the Lincoln’s Birthday holiday by statute;
* New part-timers will have to earn $7,500 a year to be in the pension plan instead of $1,500.
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. We protected our members and we have a Fight Back Plan!
* We demand that Corzine veto the bills that violate the contract.
* If he does not, we are filing a grievance. We will seek to enforce the contract.
* We are putting together a Day after Thanksgiving plan.
* We are putting together a “Reward our Friends – Punish Our Enemies” plan.
BOTTOM-LINE - We fought hard and beat back the worst. Many legislators are very angry at Sweeney and Buono for holding the budget hostage over the retirement age for people 25 years from now and over Lincoln’s Birthday (which saves nothing). We too will remember this and reward our friends and punish our enemies.
We don’t always win – but we do always fight! THANK YOU to every Shop Steward and every member who wrote or called their Legislator or came to Lobby Days or rallied to save our Parks. Your participation in mobilization, as always, made a HUGE difference in the outcome of this struggle.
In Solidarity,
John Rose, President
Kathleen Hernandez, Executive Vice President
John Polk, Secretary-Treasurer
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING HEALTH CARE
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/pensions/shbp-guide-2008.pdf
NEW JERSEY STATE WORKER CONTRACT NEWS
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Administrative/Clerical Contract July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2011
Salary Schedules for State Worker Contract July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2011
In Memory of
Lorraine B. Kenny
KENNY Lorraine B. Kenny. Grandmother, worked for New Jersey City University, 73
Lorraine B. Kenny (nee Magelnicki) of Jersey City, formerly of Clark, died peacefully on Friday, July 25, 2008, surrounded by her children. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Friday, Aug. 1, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 39 E. 22nd St., Bayonne. Visitation is Thursday, July 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Dworzanski Funeral Home, Bayonne. In addition, family and friends are invited to a memorial service to celebrate Lorraine on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 11 a.m. at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, (MABC), 30 E. 31st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10016. Born and raised in Bayonne, Lorraine was 73. For the past 14 years, she was employed by New Jersey City University as an administrative assistant in the dean’s office, William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences. Blessed with a passion for knowledge, Lorraine enjoyed every aspect of the university setting, her friends, colleagues, fellow CWA 1031 members and the energy of the students. She particularly enjoyed attending the programs offered at the Speicher/Rubin Women’s Center (and then mailing them to her daughter to discuss). She was grateful that her union represented her well, particularly this year, and frustrated that Hillary Rodham Clinton lost her bid to be the Democratic nominee. She loved New York City and could not imagine why anyone would want to live anywhere else. She considered books on tape the greatest invention of her time. A most extraordinary, benevolent and charitable woman, Lorraine chose to live simply, always giving more to others than to herself. She was an active member of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City and treasured the congregation’s fellowship and programs. Over the years, she tirelessly volunteered many weekends and holidays to work within its homeless shelter and/or in any way she could help. Lorraine’s eyes always lit up for her grandchildren and she savored every last detail of their joys and accomplishments. Lorraine was a beloved and selfless mother to Paul Kenny Jr., the late Chris Kenny, Ellen Kenny and her fiancé, Sal Illuzzi, Lynn Greco and her husband, Jerry, and much-loved (former) daughter-in-law, Michele Kenny. Also surviving are six grandchildren, William Elder, Kathryn, Stephanie and Meghan Kenny, and Allison and Brian Greco. Lorraine was predeceased by her parents, John and Antonia (nee Kukowski) Magelnicki, and siblings, Charles, John and Maryann Magelnicki. Memorial donations may be made to MABC, 30 E. 31st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10016.
Published in the Star-Ledger from 7/29/2008 - 7/31/2008
Livingston Library Rally ~ February 10, 2008
Livingston Library has been fighting for a contract for over a year.
LETTERS FROM THE MEMBERS
October 2, 2008
John Rose & Staff,
This note is sent to thank you so very much for the $500.00 scholarship check my son received as a benefit of my Union, and for all your hard work on behalf of union workers!
Gwen Govia
Stockton College Library
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Toro
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008
To: jrose@cwa1031.org
Subject: Time Deduction
John,
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your time the other day. Personally taking my phone call, regarding my situation and handling the matter so quickly is greatly appreciated. It is comforting to know that the CWA has leadership in place that does what it says. Thank you again.
Very respectfully,
Mark E. Toro
Planner/Scheduler
UMDNJ Physical Plant
Piscataway/New Brunswick
12/12/06
Good afternoon members!
It was a SEA of SOLIDARITY RED!
I wanted to share this photo with you ---- it shows
just
a portion of the thousands
of union members at the State House rally yesterday. I also want
to thank those from TCNJ who gave their lunch hour (and even a little longer) to
be part of this extremely important event -- I can't believe that Dave and I
found Carla Varlese and Lynda Schmucker there among those thousands!!!!
I'd also like to say a BIG thank you to all those involved in the organizing of
this event. It was no small task indeed. The lunch and drinks provided to all
attendees were plentiful and were even available on some of the shuttle buses.
The buses were on time and drop-off/pick-up points were scattered around the
area, which avoided traffic jams. Local 1031 had a table set up at the Masonic
Temple and handed out armbands. Great organization of the event.
Our CWA leadership is giving 110% in negotiating our next contract -- but we all
need to be part of the process -- I was proud to be part of the voices that
were heard loud and clear yesterday!!! Thanks again.
Have a wonderful and safe holiday.
Sue
April 27, 2006
Mr. Rose,
We just want to let you know how pleased we were with the excellent job that Rene Garzon and Phyllis Haefner did negotiating the union contract for the librarians at the Westfield Memorial Library.
We were especially impressed with their ability to obtain benefits for part-timers that were not available to those workers previously.
All in all they were very reliable and it was a job well done!
Sincerely yours
Laurie Anderson and Joan Gelman
-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley, JoAnn
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
1:58 PM
To: jpolk@cwa1031.org
Subject: GRATITUDE
Dear John:
Now that the dust has settled (hopefully so; unless you know something I do not know), I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your help in a situation that never should have been and then became a fiasco, both personally and professionally. You handled the matter with great persistence and fortitude and I believe the outcome is a positive one.
I hope that our only communications will be regarding social activities and union meetings here at WPU.
Take heart in knowing that you made a difference in my life.
Regards,
Jo-Ann
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