2023 CWA Staff Union Election Results

Candidates Elected by Acclamation

President: Mike Schulte

Secretary/Treasurer: Erin Spaulding

SIF/Growth Fund Representative: Akeyia Johnson

District 1 Representative: Mary Clinton

District 2/13 Representative: John Petrini

D3 Representative: Kevin Kimber

D4 Representative: Jane Phillips

D6 Representative: Sherron Molina

D7 Representative: Jana Smith-Carr

D9 Representative: Robert Longer

HQ Representative: Julian Brunner

Elections Pending

Vice-President - Matt Clark, Tony Shaffer

IUE Representative - 3 At-Large Positions

Amber Brooks, Orvin Caraballo,, Tomeka Cooley-Pettus, Danny Sallie, Richard Shorter

SIF/Growth Representative & Backpacks Update

SIF/Growth Fund Representative

Last Friday, Jessica Ramirez notified the Executive Board that she was resigning from the Staff Union Executive Board, due to her decision to leave employment with CWA. Jessica was an integral part of the Board and 2022 Contract Negotiations. We thank Jessica for her tireless work over the past few years and wish her well in her future endeavors. 

Article 17.4 of the SU Constitution states, "A vacancy in the position of the At-Large SIF/Growth Fund Representative shall be filled by the Executive Board and shall serve only until the next regular membership meeting."

Today, the Staff Union Executive Board voted to appoint Akeyia Johnson to the Executive Board.  Before coming to work for CWA, Akeyia worked for AT&T for 14 years as a member of Local 6507.  Akeyia currently works in District 3 as a Campaign Lead in organizing. 

Backpacks Update

The company shipping all of the backpacks belatedly advised us they are shipping out the backpacks in batches.  Here is the current status:

• Quantity Coming - 23 on June 17, will ship on June 19

• Quantity Coming - 31 on June 20, will ship on June 23

• Quantity Coming - 60 on June 21 , will ship on June 23-26

• Quantity Coming - 44 on June 26, will ship on June 30-July

Keep an eye out for your backpacks, and if you have moved in the past few months and need it shipped to a different address, please let us know immediately.  Thanks for your patience on this.

Official Notice of 2023 Nominations

The CWA Staff Union will be conducting nominations for Officers and Executive Board at our membership meeting as detailed below:

Date:   Saturday, July 8th 2023

Time: 4:30pm Central Time

Location: Marriott St Louis Grand

800 Washington Avenue 

St Louis, MO 63101

Room: Gateway A/B

If you are unable to attend in person and would like to attend remotely, please register in advance here.

2023 Scally Scholarship

Please see the attached 2023 John Scally Scholarship notification letter. We are accepting applications via U.S. postal as well as email again this year. Ten $3000 scholarships will be awarded via lottery draw that will be conducted on June 30th, 2023. Applications must be postmarked or emailed no later than June 23rd 2023. To download application, click here.

June New Member Orientation

Staff Union leadership will be having an orientation for new members on Thursday, June 15th from 12pm-2pm ET. All members who have not previously participated in the orientation are welcome! We will be walking through the contract and answering questions.

Please register in advance for this meeting here.

If your are not able to attend, but would like to attend a future date please send us an email.