The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists consists of members from seventy-seven international and national unions with forty-two chapters across the country.  CBTU has a long and rich history of investing in and empowering our youth to seek further education and the local CBTU Buffalo Chapter awards $500 scholarships to deserving students in our community. All […]

We will be having a SJC membership call Tuesday evening at 8:15pm. If we need to schedule another call at a different time for the night shift please let us know. Please send as many questions in advance to chcovid19@cwa-union.org.  This will help the call go smoothly and quickly so everyone can get to bed. […]

The Executive Board of CWA Local 1168 extends our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to United Steel Workers representatives and Locals on behalf of all our members. Angelle Gregoire, Thomas O’Shei and Jim Briggs assisted setting up the donations from USW Local 135L (Dunlop), USW Local 6992 (DuPont), USW Local 763 (American Rock Salt), USW Local […]

No one knows better than union members that as the pandemic rages on, the hardest hit people in America have been workers – those on the front lines every day, making sure this country is still running, at great risk and often without adequate protection. And the hardest hit workers in this country have been […]

DATE:            May 21, 2020 TO:                  All CWA Local 1168 Members at Sister’s of Charity Hospital – St. Joseph’s Campus FROM:            Executive Board and Special Directors of CWA Local 1168 RE:                  SJC COVID-19 MOU Update We are currently in negotiations to modify the COVID-19 Pandemic MOU. We are very far away from an agreement. We have […]

DATE:             May 12, 2020 TO:                  All CWA Local 1168 Members in LTC at HighPointe and DeGraff FROM:            Executive Board and Special Directors of CWA Local 1168 RE:                  Governor’s Plan for Nursing Home Testing The Governor published the attached executive order in regards to testing last evening.  In summary, the Governor has ordered the following: […]

Communications Workers of America Local 1168, AFL-CIO DATE:                  May 11, 2020 TO:                        All CWA Local 1168 Members FROM:                  Executive Board, Special Directors and members of CWA Local 1168 RE:                        Memoriam tribute to fellow co-worker and Union member John Poleon Cori Gambini, President CWA Local 1168 As a Millard Suburban employee, I never had the pleasure […]

DATE:            May 6, 2020 TO:                  All CWA Local 1168 Members at Sisters of Charity Hospital –                         St. Joseph’s Campus FROM:            Michael Dunphy, Vice President                         CWA Local 1168 RE:                  Full-Time Employment Opportunities at SJC We’re looking for any Part-Time or Per Diem employees interested in taken on Full-Time employment for a period of time […]