The Columbus Clippers are sponsoring LABOR NIGHT, on July 29, 2023 against the Omaha Storm Chasers at Huntington Park.
CWA has 20 free vouchers available for members, which includes 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children.
We would like to ask all to take a picture of themselves at the event for our website and face book page!
Contact [email protected] if interested. First come, first served!
William T. Mahaffey II age 79, passed away peacefully at his residence on May 16, 2023. Mahaffey was one of the founding members of the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees (CMAGE), known today as CWA Local 4502. Mahaffey was instrumental in the union’s formation and eventual affiliation with CWA. He was a long-term board member and a champion of the professional workers in the city of Columbus – they had gone several years with no pay increases prior to the formation of CMAGE. He dedicated 19 years to the cause and served the city for 37 years, working in the Division of Water. He was a US Army Veteran, an active board member with The National Management Association (Columbus Public Service Chapter), a die-hard Buckeye and Yankee fan, an avid gardener, and outdoorsman.
“CWA Local 4502 is broken-hearted at the news of our brother Bill Mahaffey’s passing. Bill was very instrumental in the organizing of the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees (CMAGE) and in CMAGE’s affiliation with CWA. He was an original member of our Retirees Chapter. Bill was a friend, confidante, and mentor. I signed my union card because of Bill. Bill is remembered as being quick with a joke, having a positive outlook, and always knowing the right thing to say. I was priviledged to work with Bill and will miss him greatly.” Susan Wilson, President CWA Local 4502.
Friends will be received Friday, May 26, 2023 from 2-6 pm, at the MAEDER-QUINT-TIBERI FUNERAL HOME, 1068 South High Street. Burial is at 10 am Wednesday, May 31 at St. Joseph Cemetery – Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, 6440 South High Street.
Full Obituary: maederquinttiberi.com/obituary/william-mahaffey-ii
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans at www.dav.org.
Make no mistake, the Freedom Foundation has one goal: to weaken CWA Local 4502 right before we start contract negotiations with the City of Columbus.
Don’t be distracted by their patronizing breakup-themed email. The only thing the Freedom Foundation wants to break up is yours and your co-workers’ collective bargaining strength so we can’t improve your pay, benefits and working conditions. Apparently, the very idea of employees having a strong union as their advocate at work threatens the extremists behind the misleading email you received.
The Freedom Foundation knows how powerful a union voice can be — that’s why they’re spending so much money and time to mine your personal data and contact you at work. Let’s show them that we understand what a strong union is worth by remaining loyal Union members and negotiating a good contract with the City of Columbus.
The email they sent you should have an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom. Click to unsubscribe. If you are emailed again after you unsubscribe, please let us know.
Let’s stick together going into negotiations with the City and show everyone what the power of a union really brings. If you have not yet responded to your Union’s survey, please do so by February 26th. If you have not yet received a link to the survey, please contact Joyce at [email protected].
If you have not yet received a link to the survey, please contact Joyce at [email protected].
United We Bargain. Divided We Beg.
Membership has it’s privileges. Join today.
Only members can: provide input for contract negotiations, vote on the contract (negotiations begin 2/27/23), vote this fall for officers and board members, participate in the ASH gift card program, participate in scholarship opportunities (two more with April 2023 deadlines), attend membership meetings (2/28, 5/10 coming up), join committees to further advance the local and support the community.
Please fill out both sides of the Membership Application and return to:
CWA Local 4502
399 East Main Street, S 200
Columbus, OH 43215
Membership gives you a voice. Don’t miss out on the current member survey (provide input for contract negotiations), upcoming membership meetings, contract ratification vote, officer/board elections. We are stronger together.
I Love my CWA Negotiations Team, seen here hard at work again today! Left to right: Hugh Williams, Brent Writesel, Jim Weber, Susan Wilson, (Eric Cunningham – absent) and Sarah Ingles (attorney).
The team along with our attorney have been meeting twice per week since January, (now three times per week) in preparation to begin negotiations February 27.
Members wishing to receive negotiations updates should provide their home/personal email address and home/cell phone to: [email protected].
I Love my CWA Negotiations Team, seen here hard at work again today! Left to right: Hugh Williams, Brent Writesel, Jim Weber, Susan Wilson, (Eric Cunningham – absent) and Sarah Ingles (attorney).
Did you know that labor unions made the following 36 things possible?
Thank Your Union!
If you are not yet a full-dues paying member, join CWA Local 4502 today. Contact a CWA Rep or reach out to Wayne Trakas-Lawyor at 614-485-1265.
Strong union membership is key to raising income levels, providing benefits such as retirement security, health insurance, and giving workers a voice when it comes to negotiating and enforcing our contracts. By being united with other CWA Local 4502 members our voices will be stronger, and we will be able to negotiate contracts with better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Join together for a stronger voice for better wages and working conditions!
What is union-busting? Union-busting is when an external organization encourages union members to stop paying union dues. Their aim is to destroy unions and deprive workers of workplace benefits, such as pay raises, health-care, vacation time, personal business holidays, our birthday holidays, and so much more.
What they say: That union members can save money by stop being a dues-paying member of CWA Local 4502, and still get the benefits of membership with no adverse consequences or effects on contracts and collective bargaining.
What it means: Weaken the Union’s ability to bargain for improved pay, benefits and working conditions – our contract – and eventually leads to the Union disappearing. Don’t forget that the employer is not legally obliged to give us any benefits. Who will negotiate for us then? The Union-buster? NO! They have not put a dime into our pockets but they want to take money from our paychecks to fund billionaires.
They do not care about our pay or how we will feed our family and fill the car with gas. Dues-paying union members get more from the union than the union takes from us through exclusive union benefits and collective bargaining power.
The choice is easy.
What they say: That you have a choice to pay your union dues and that you should choose not to.
What it means: It means that the Union will lose strenth and may eventually disappear. Regardless of how you might feel about Unions, you enjoy the benefits that come with it. Consider this: If you were at the store and a coworker’s cart was full of groceries and they have just paid for it. Would you take some of, or all, of your coworkers’ groceries, just because you could?
What they say: Unions only want your money to give to politicians who do not represent your values.
What it means: How do these people know what your values are? CWA has a Political Action Fund (PAF), which is separate to paying union-dues. Members choose if they wish to contribute to that fund, which goes to candidates at a state or national level.
CWA Local 4502 gives small amounts of money to a few local labor friendly political candidates from both parties. We do this to advance members’ interests at work. If you know of any candidates who are labor friendly and will help our members, please let us know.
We are political because we have to be to get the best contracts for our members, but we are not party political as union-busters claim Many people do not care for the political aspect, which is understandable; however, just about every company out there has lobbyists who work for, or are affiliated to politicians or their parties because it gives them influence. Unions have a duty to get the best for workers and are the only voice working people and families have – Unions serve as our lobbyists. “If you’re not at the table, you’re probably on the menu” (Pat Rusk, a teacher’s union president).