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2017 Proceedings Proceedings and Index of the 76th Annual Convention Communications Workers of America David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 7-8, 2017 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page MONDAY MORNING August 7, 2017 Call to Order - Temporary Chair Terrence Richardson, President, CWA Local 2336 1 Invocation - Deb Casey, Vice President, CWA Local 2204 1 Opening Ceremonies - Presentation of Colors, National Anthems 2 Welcome - Frank Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 2 Introduction of CWA President by Ed Mooney, Vice President, District 2-13 4 President's Address - CWA President Chris Shelton 5 Use of Microphones, Introduction of Parliamentarians and Platform Observers 13 Credentials Committee - Preliminary Report, by Marge Krueger, Chair 15 Rules & Hours of Convention by Kimberly Gallardo, Chair, Resolutions Committee 16 Resolution 76A-17-1 - "CWA STRONG" 17 Secretary-Treasurer's Report - CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens 23 Report of the Finance Committee - Evelyn Smith, Local 6222, Chair 27 Recess 29 MONDAY AFTERNOON Call to Order 30 Partial report of the Defense Fund Oversight Committee, Arthur Cheliotes, Chair 30 Guest Speaker - Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania 35 Defense Fund Oversight Committee (continued) 38 Constitution Committee Report - James Ryan, Local 13101, Chair 41 Announcements - by Secretary-Treasurer Steffens 83 Recess 83 TUESDAY MORNING August 8, 2017 Call to Order - 84 Invocation - Chuck Simpson, President, Local 2204 84 Recognition of Jeff Rechenbach, Retired Secretary-Treasurer 84 Introduction of Platform Observers 84 Remarks by Lisa Bolton, Vice President, T&T Sector re: Avaya 85 Remarks by Martin O'Hanlon, President, CWA/SCA Canada 85 Remarks by Charlie Braico, Vice President, NABET 85 Guest Speaker - Andréas Franke - Former Vice President - Strategic Procurement - ver.di 86 Report of the Retired Members Council - Intro by PHEW Vice President Brooks Sunkett & Ray Kramer, Committee Chair 91 Report of the National Committee on Civil Rights & Equity Intro by District 6 Vice President Claude Cummings 94 Video - "This is What Democracy Looks Like" 95 Report of the National Women's Committee Intro by AFA-CWA Vice President Sara Nelson 101 Video - Maya Angelou, Poet Laureate. "I Rise" 102 Discussion 104 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Remarks by Chip Lyons, President/CEO, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 106 PAF Awards - 108 Resolutions Committee Report (continued) Resolution 76A-17-4 - Workers Rights Are Human Rights - The Fight Forward 109 Resolution 76A-17-2 - A New NAFTA? Working Families Are Watching 111 Resolution 76A-17-3 - Call Center Offshoring and Outsourcing 115 Resolution 76A-17-5 - A Fair Tax and Budget Program for Working People and Our Communities 118 In Memoriam 122 Recess 126 TUESDAY AFTERNOON Call to Order 127 Organizing Committee Report - Sandy Rusher, Senior Director of Organizing 127 Organizing Awards - Presented by At-Large Diversity Board Member Carolyn Wade 129 President's Hat Award for Organizing - Remarks by President Shelton 131 Remarks by David Betz, Local 3905 134 Resolutions Committee (continued) Resolution 76A-17-6 - CWA Opposition to Islamophobia 134 Resolution 76A-17-7 - Defend the Right to Report and the People's Right to Know 136 Report of the Appeals Committee, Chair Cori Gambini, Local 1168 140 Political Action Fund (PAF) Awards Presented by District 4 Vice President Linda Hinton 145 Motion to Adjourn 147 Recognition of Privilege microphones 147 Closing Remarks by President Shelton 153 Adjournment 154 iii SUBJECT INDEX Announcements - by Secretary-Treasurer Steffens 83 Appeals Committee Report 140 Call to Order 1,30,84,127 Constitution Committee Report - James Ryan, Local 13101, Chair 41 Credentials Committee Report 15 Defense Fund Oversight Committee 30,38 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation & Awards - by Chip Lyons 106-108 Finance Committee Report - Evelyn Smith, Local 6222, Chair 27 Guest Speaker - Andréas Franke - ver.di 86 Guest Speaker - Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania 35 In Memoriam 122 Introduction of CWA President by Ed Mooney, Vice President, District 2-13 4 Invocation 1 National Committee on Civil Rights & Equity 94-96 National Women's Committee 101 Opening Ceremonies - Presentation of Colors, National Anthems 2 Organizing Committee Report & Awards 127-134 Parliamentarians and Platform Observers 13 Platform Observers 84 Political Action Fund (PAF) Awards 145 President's Address & Closing Remarks - CWA President Chris Shelton 5,153 Recognition of Jeff Rechenbach, former Secretary-Treasurer & Executive Vice President 84 Remarks by Vice President (CWA-Canada) Martin O'Hanlon 85 Remarks by Vice President (NABET) Charlie Braico 85 Remarks by Vice President (T&T Sector) Lisa Bolton re: Avaya 85 Resolutions Committee 16 Resolution 76A-17-1 - CWA Strong 17 Resolution 76A-17-2 - A New NAFTA? Working Families Are Watching 111 Resolution 76A-17-3 - Call Center Offshoring and Outsourcing 115 Resolution 76A-17-4 - Workers Rights Are Human Rights - The Fight Forward 109 Resolution 76A-17-5 - A Fair Tax and Budget Program for Working People and Our Communities 118 Resolution 76A-17-6 - CWA Opposition to Islamophobia 134 Resolution 76A-17-7 - Defend the Right to Report and the People's Right to Know 136 Retired Members' Council Report & Discussion 92 Rules & Hours of Convention 16 Secretary-Treasurer's Report - CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens 23 Use of Microphones 13 Welcome - Frank Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 2 1 MONDAY MORNING SESSION August 7, 2017 The 76th Convention of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, held August 7-8, 2017, at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, convened at 9:00 a.m., Temporary Chair Terrence Richardson, President, CWA Local 2336, presiding. TEMPORARY CHAIR RICHARDSON: Good morning, CWA delegates, friends, family and guests. Please take your seats. The official clock here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, indicates that it is 9:00 a.m. And that means it is time for us to begin our work. I ask everyone to please be seated as I call the 76th Convention of the Communications Workers of America to order. We have a lot of business to take up over the next two days, so again I ask that everyone be seated so that we can get underway. My name is Terrence Richardson, and I am President of CWA Local 2336 in Washington, D.C. My Local represents workers in telecom, at non-profits, and in public service in the District of Columbia. And just like every CWA local, we face tough times and tough bargaining. But we know that our union is CWA STRONG, and that means we will overcome any and all of the challenges sent our way. I'm honored to serve as the Temporary Chair this morning, and on behalf of the members of Local 2336 and all of CWA District 2-13, I welcome you to Pittsburgh and to the 76th Convention of the Communications Workers of America. (Applause) We will open our Convention as we traditionally do, with a prayer. This morning we'll be led by Deb Casey, Vice President of CWA Local 2204. (Applause) DELEGATE DEB CASEY (Local 2204): Good morning, brothers and sisters. I appreciate the opportunity to stand before you today here in Pittsburgh as we start our National Convention. Could I ask that you please stand. Our Heavenly Father, we come before You this wonderful day to thank You for the fellowship we will experience over the next few days and the opportunity to learn from one another. We ask that You open each of our minds to interpret the information to aid us in strengthening our great union and guiding each of our members in seeing their responsibility as being active. We ask that You open our eyes to see, not just to look or gaze, but to actually see our weaknesses and strengths; to see the opportunities that we have to improve our leadership in each of us in order to grow our membership. We ask that You open our ears to listen, not just to hear, but to listen and to have the patience to truly hear what is being spoken. Let us remember we were given two ears and one mouth for a reason. We should listen twice as much as we talk, and only open our mouths to speak the truth. Remind us to encourage, guide and teach our members, as one day it will be their place to stand up and help lead this great union. It is our words and teachings that will being them to this point and, therefore, will help our great Communications Workers of America union to continue to prosper. TEMPORARY CHAIR RICHARDSON: Thank you, Deb. Please remain standing for the presentation of the Colors, followed by the National Anthems of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Presenting the American, Canadian and Puerto Rican flags are 2 Pittsburgh's own Fire Fighters Local 1 Honor Guard. "The Star Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" will be sung by Jeanette Spoor, President of CWA Retired Members' Council 1103. Luis Benitez Burgos, President of CWA Local 3010, will sing the National Anthem of Puerto Rico. The Bagpipe Honor Guard from Fire Fighters Local 1 entered the Hall playing a traditional Irish tune, followed by the singing of the National Anthems of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico . TEMPORARY CHAIR RICHARDSON: You may be seated. Now I would like to introduce Frank Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, to welcome us to this great Labor city. Frank? FRANK SNYDER (Secretary-Treasurer, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO): Good morning. The delegates responded with "Good morning" . BROTHER SNYDER: Come on, sisters and brothers! . Shouts of "Good morning" . BROTHER SNYDER: All right! On behalf of President Rick Bloomingdale, myself and over 700,000 hardworking women and men who make up the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, I bring you greetings and appreciation for everything our fine union does to protect and advance the social and economic condition of working people all across America.
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