Nominations for Officers and Area Vice Presidents will be taken at the GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.  The meeting will be held virtually beginning at 6:30 p.m.  Nominations will be taken for the following positions: Officers: President Executive Vice President Vice President:  2 positions Secretary/Treasurer Area Vice Presidents: BGMC RN:      3 positions […]

Dear member, I am sure by now you have heard! Thursday August 27th Safe Staffing Picket: 12:00-2:00pm Buffalo General Medical Campus: Picketing on High St. Speakers at 1pm. Millard Fillmore Suburban: Picketing on Maple. Speakers at 12:15pm. Don’t forget your poncho or umbrella, mask and to socially distance! Punch out if you’re going off premises per HR policy […]

STAFFING PICKET ALERT REMINDER! 📢 Kaleida Health and New York State government needs to hear from us! Enough is enough! We owe it to ourselves, our patients, their families and each other to not sit on the sidelines. We’re holding an informational picket on Thursday, August 27th, 12 pm-2 pm to tell Albany that #SafeStaffing can’t wait – join […]

DATE:                    August 20, 2020 TO:                         All Kaleida Members of CWA Local 1168 at BGMC Campus FROM:                  Cori Gambini, President; Robert Andruszko, Executive Vice President; & Mary Janice Keller, Vice President of CWA Local 1168 RE:                          Meeting with Dianne Charsha, CNO/COO & Chris Lane, President of BGMC Staffing On August 12th, CWA leadership met with Dianne […]

STAFFING PICKET ALERT! 📢 Kaleida Health and New York State government needs to hear from us! Enough is enough! We owe it to ourselves, our patients, their families and each other to not sit on the sidelines. We’re holding an informational picket on Thursday, August 27th, 12 pm-2 pm to tell Albany that #SafeStaffing can’t wait – join us […]

TO:                 All members of CWA Local 1168 FROM:            CWA Local 1168 Executive Board RE:                 Free Online Training DATE:            July 31, 2020 Dear CWA Local 1168 Member: CWA Local 1168 is partnering with 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds and are excited to offer educational services to all of our members. Given the necessary but unexpected shift […]

TO:                  All members of CWA Local 1168 at Kaleida Health FROM:            CWA Local 1168 RE:                  Kaleida Health COVID-19 Premium Pay Clarification DATE:            July 22, 2020 Our recent update caused some confusion and resulted in several calls to the Local about COVID-19 premium pay. The Premium Pay will expire July 31, 2020. There will be no […]

TO:                  All Members of CWA at Catholic Health FROM:            The CWA Bargaining Committee RE:                  Contract Negotiations DATE:            July 16, 2020 Now that the COVID-19 Pandemic and the number of cases within Catholic Health facilities has significantly decreased, the question of contract negotiations comes up.  As many of you know,  CWA was bargaining with Catholic Health […]