Dear Colleagues:

I want to let you know that we will be announcing the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation's scholarship for the 2017-2018 school year.

The Foundation's Board of Directors has approved the awarding of fifteen (15) partial college scholarships of $3,000 each for Two (2) years. Eligible for the scholarships are CWA members, their spouses, children and grandchildren, including the dependents of retired, laid-off, or deceased members. Applications will be available solely online for submission on the Foundation's website at

http://www.cwa-union.org/members/beirne/.

This valuable scholarship program is made possible by the funding of CWA locals.

In Unity,
Christopher M. Shelton
President
cc: Executive Board
CWA National Staff

AT&T refuses negotiate for retirees. Our Union pushed back on many items including the size of the cost increases. Unfortunately, these concerns fell on deaf ears. Below is an overview of the health care for ATT retirees for 2017.

Let's get one thing straight...

Employers and Corporations did not feel generous and decide to give you two days off every week to have a social/personal life. (We now call them weekends). Corporations did not just feel like being nice one day and give their employees paid vacations. CEOs didn't get together in a board room and say "Let's give our employees more rights at work" or "Maybe there should be laws to limit our power over an employee".