Merry Christmas

On Behalf of all the Officers, Members, Agents and Staff we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

An employee can change their scheduled vacation up to two days prior to taking their vacation if there are compelling reasons.

NEW CONTRACT LANGUAGE:

10.08   If conditions arise either because of the needs of the business or personal consideration of employees requiring changes in the vacation schedule, such changes may be made by arrangement between the Company and the employees affected.   It is agreed that employee requests to cancel or change previously scheduled vacation shall be kept to a minimum; such requests must be made at least 2  calendar days before the scheduled start of the vacation and must be based on unforeseen developments or compelling personal circumstances

CECILIA MCKENNEY ALLOWS REPS TO PARTICIPATE IN TTL

I have received some emails from employees who think they cannot participate in Take the Lead.  I want to clarify eligibility for Take the Lead.  Commissioned Representatives are eligible for Take the Lead for the segment they don’t sell to.   

·        For example, a Residential Call Center representative can refer business leads and a Business call Center representative can refer residential leads

All Classifications in all areas should be selecting their vacations for 2011.

WAH Reps Can partcipate in TTL

From: McKenney, Cecilia
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:49 PM
To: McKenney Call Center
Cc: Guy, Betty; Woods, Bob; Tobe, Mary A.; Slocum, Kathleen; Clapp, Terry; Mailloux, Kevin; Snedegar, Steven; Quinn, Aoife; Oddo, Jim; Carlo, Brian; Costagliola, Robert; Kruger, Mike D.; Homes, Peter; Monaco, Lynne; Barratt, Gregg; Stitts, Dewayne
Subject: RE: Ending the year

Hi again everyone,

I have received some emails from employees who think they cannot participate in Take the Lead.  I want to clarify eligibility for Take the Lead.  Commissioned Representatives are eligible for Take the Lead for the segment they don’t sell to.   

·        For example, a Residential Call Center representative can refer business leads and a Business call Center representative can refer residential leads

·        The Powerpoint presentation attached outlines all the Take the Lead Program details

Take the Lead Contacts:

Minnesota: 866-454-3706 option 1 for Residential, option 2 for Business

North Central Properties (NCP): 888-772-3501

WV (New Frontier): 800-220-5894

All other areas: 888-392-5323 (LEAD) option 1 for Residential, option 2 for Business

Residential Leads for East Region After Hours or Community Events- 866-544-5585.

·        The Link has all the submission information…cut and paste this in your web browser to get to it:

·        http://home.fcinternal.net/take_the_lead/default.asp?ID=2

So all employees are eligible in the call centers for the Super Bowl incentive, beyond the great incentives month by month that we have like Wrap It Up that we don’t offer to all employees.  

Thanks,

Cecilia

Cecilia K. McKenney
EVP, HR and Call Center Sales & Service
Frontier Communications
3 High Ridge Park
Stamford, CT  06905
203-614-5047
cecilia.mckenney@ftr.com

I can help you!

Welcome to the IBEW 363 Frontier Members Blog

WE ARE PROUD UNION WORKERS AND MEMBERS. WE ARE IBEW 363!

WE WILL ALWAYS WORK HARD, DISPLAY A GOOD ATTITUDE AND WE WILL DEMONSTRATE OUR SOLIDARITY FROM NOW ON.

This blog will work in conjunction with our web site. It will be another tool for our brothers and sisters to communicate and express their ideas and viewpoints.

To start us off, here are some topics we can exchange ideas about or any other topic you would like to discuss. The items below are just suggestions.

1. Yearly Get together What, where and when
2. Times of union meetings
3. Topics and format of meetings

Tentative Agreement

The spirit of the people at Frontier is high! The Genie is finally out of the bottle and we are ALL TOGETHER! Everything is right where it should be!

There is much work being done right now - everyday - by your reps who are working hard in these contract negotiations.

You have made great choices and selected Unit Chair and Vice Chairman who truly look out for their fellow workers. The people you selected are fair, experienced and level headed. These are the people you want at the table representing you.

We have reached a Tentative agreement. The following schedule will be followed to provide contract informational meetings.
Monday Nov 29 - Middletown 7:00pm
Wednesday Dec 1 - Chestertown 12:00pm
Wednesday Dec 1 - Johnstown 8:00pm
Thursday Dec 2 - Boonville 12:00pm
Thursday Dec 2 - Norwich 8:00pm

Friday Dec 3 Contract Vote 7:00am to 7:00pm
Middletown John Street
Sherburne Call Center
Johnstown Harrison Street

Let them see and read that we are together. USE THIS BLOG TO COMMUNICATE YOUR THOUGHTS. Let it rip!!!

WE ARE PROUD UNION WORKERS AND MEMBERS. WE ARE IBEW 363! WE WILL ALWAYS WORK HARD, DISPLAY A GOOD ATTITUDE AND WE WILL DEMONSTRATE OUR SOLIDARITY FROM NOW ON.

All we want is a fair written contract - nothing more. THIS TIME WE ARE READY TO STAND STRONG FOR THAT.

The union is behind us - we shall not be moved.

I Got Those Empty Feed Bag Blues

Time to fill the feedbag! All we want is a fair contract!

WOW!!! 25,000 Hits!!! Wake Up Maggie!

The World Is Watching!!!!!




All we want is a fair contract and Offline Work brought back to Johnstown!

If the company is really concerned about their customers and the company kicking the competitions tail !!

THEN OFFLINE MUST COME BACK TO JOHNSTOWN !! Deland is choking you !!

Which Side Are You On?

Now is the time for everyone to come together and get united

You Say You Want A Revolution?

We don't wanna change the world! We just want a fair contract......nuff said.

You Can't Scare Me! I'm Stickin To The Union!

Nuff said.

WOW!! 15, 000 Hits!! I Ain't Gonna Work On Maggies Farm No More!

Time to take a stand Brothers and Sisters!

We were there for the company - giving them their furlough when they said they "needed" it.

They spit in our faces, took our money and gave it to other employees for being LOYAL!

It's their turn to make that up to US now!

That was deceptive and cruel to do to your loyal New York employees!

I ain't gonna work ( for nothing ) on Maggies farm no more!

I Won't Back Down - Gonna Stand My Ground

NO.....WE WON'T BACK DOWN.

What we want is fair bargaining and a fair contract. That is what is important to us. Last time around did not make us feel good about our company.

This years bargaining preparation was different. This time the people came out and voiced their opinion. We have had many discussions between ourselves, many meetings and even rallies.

Our people want fair compensation and treatment.

If SOME are worth millions - we are surely worth a middleclass wage.

We give a lot to this company, we work hard and we care about this company. We just care about ourselves too and this time we aren't going to get bit.

We have our blog now to express ourselves and to discuss what our opinions and concerns are. It is empowering to people to be able to express themselves. We hear them loud and clear.

.....and they are solid and they are strong and they are determined to get that fair contract.

No........ WE won't back down.

As Never Before! Solidarity Forever!

IBEW Local 363 would like to thank all of the other locals and members who have shown their support for us. We also want to congratulate OUR MEMBERS for taking an active role in these very important negotiations.

We heard the peoples concerns. In all of our locations the CONCERNS were the same no matter where we went! The people want a fair negotiation and a fair wage. We don't want to be lied to AGAIN and we want to be treated with RESPECT.

We are truly together and UNITED. Not only locally but statewide and nationally. We are getting more locals calling us asking what they can do to support us. Our members are emailing us, calling us and commenting on this blog.

We are following a plan to help us reach our goals. We will be having more meetings with our membership. Our POWER IS IN THE PEOPLE.

Get on this blog and let's let our opinions, concerns and feelings be heard!

The time for sitting on the sidelines went away with the FIRST HOUR OF FURLOUGH!

LET'S HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS THINK! ...BOTH MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS!

Stay Solid, Stay Strong.......
............... and don't drink the koolaid!

Who Are You?

Our bargaining committee is unified and together. We know we have the people behind us as never before.

One of the biggest issues that the people have is that they have hard time believing what the company tells them. There is a certain lack of trust that needs to BE REPAIRED. We are told that we will see more jobs come to our area, only to be disappointed.

We are told because of company finances we need to choose between layoffs and a furlough. We do it. We reluctantly take the furlough. A DAY LATER we see proof that it did NOT have to happen at all. A terrible slap in our face.

All we get is demands for more work with LESS PAY. As we watch others get loyal employee rewards.

It wasn't always like this. Not like this.

What happened to the company?

Who are you?

Stay Strong, Stay Solid, Stay United.

Come Together!

We had some special guests at our negotiation session today. Besides our committee we had John Pusloskie, President from CWA Local 1170 Rochester, Brian Scott, Business Manager from IBEW Local 503 Monroe and John Kaiser, Business Manager from IBEW 320 Sylvan Lake,NY. CWA 1170 commences bargaining in January and IBEW 503 commences bargaining in January.

Working people are under attack everywhere. We ALL STRONGLY feel that it is time to "Come Together" and help each other.

We all have responsibilities and families to take care of. We need a FAIR CONTRACT THIS TIME. The people feel they were taken advantage of with the furlough. We are through with the disrespect shown to us as loyal employees at the bargaining table.

It seems that the company has been pushing for us to keep losing ground. The people are at their breaking point and we are not asking for the moon either. We, your loyal employees, are done being pushed around just for the sport of it.

It's time for you to be fair to us.

Everyone who works for their paycheck.....

Come Together.

Which Side Are You On? 363 Members Meet Here, Talk Here

After having met with our members to formulate our plan, bargaining has already begun for the new contract. We know that we have a tough negotiation ahead of us this year. IBEW Local 363 wants our members to be able to voice their opinions about what they want, what they fear and what they feel.


IBEW 363 wanted to provide our members and members from other locals with a way to compare notes and exchange things they may have heard or just to express themselves. It is important that we all stay as tight as we have been leading up to this. This is a different negotiations for us too. We are strongly together this year!


Let's talk about what we hope to see happen in these meetings. Open discussion is encouraged and we want our people to show that we ARE together in this. We are one. Everything about our contract and SOLIDARITY is what we want to open dialog on.


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