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Home Login Signup Search Search go -- 50 Years of Serving the Workers of America -- Home Login Signup Resources Search Home Login Signup Search Search go -- 50 Years of Serving the Workers of America -- Search Toggle navigation Local Officers and Staff News Calendar Communique Your Rights Contracts Private Sector Shops Get Involved Special Campaigns Committees Scholarships Event Gallery Benefits Active Benefits Education Benefits (Active) Retiree Benefits Retiree Division Retiree Benefits Help Desk Retiree Event Calendar Retiree Gallery Retiree Contact Training Workplace Literacy Seminars & Workshops Exam Prep Policies & Procedures Contact Us Contact Home CWA Local 1180 6 Harrison St. New York, NY 10013 212.226.6565 Everything you need to know about CORONAVIRUS Click here to fill it out: my2020census.gov MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GLORIA MIDDLETON ON THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD In the last six months, our country and the entire world have banded together over a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 300,000 souls from this world. During this tragic time, we have found the commonality amongst us that allowed each of us as individuals, and together as a collective whole, to persevere and overcome what has truly been one of the worst health crises we have seen in recent history. In the United States, for three long and grueling months, most of us have been living under stay-at- orders, turning our lives upside down to make sure that we, our families, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, all remained healthy – and alive. Yet, now, just as we are nearing the end of this horrifying pandemic and our city and country are beginning to reopen and return to some form of normalcy, life is once again crashing in around us, and people are dying, black people. Why? Because of Baseless Hatred. The fact that too many white Americans hate black Americans simply based on the color of their skin. We’ve seen this time and time again. Rodney King. Eric Garner. Ahmaud Arbery. And now George Floyd. All black men. All killed by white police. America is in trouble. The outright, horrific brutality that we see some police officers repeatedly impose on black men is despicable. Yes, we have a huge problem with our country’s police force. When cops believe they are the judge and jury, the be-all-and-end-all of the American justice system, there is clearly a problem. They have no right to take matters into their own hands and kill black men and women “just because” and then think they can get away with it since they are white. This shows how little value is placed on the life of a black person – someone who just might be your neighbor – out for a jog. Someone’s child, brother, husband, father. But the real problem is that America does not have a plan to correct these 400-plus years of disparate treatment on all levels for black Americans. Our country has a deep-rooted systemic problem going back as far as slavery when blacks were bought and sold as free labor to build this country. Black men and women have been killed for no apparent reason for decades. The only difference now is that everyone has a smart phone and records it. The proof lies in the video – and that’s what is so maddening! Even with hardcore proof in many cases, the justice system still does not work for black Americans. We are tired of hearing the promises of politicians who are beholden to corporate America and refuse to do what is needed to bring about real change. It’s one thing to talk the talk; it’s another to walk the walk. Martin Luther King Jr. knew it in the 1960s when he said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” If he were still alive today, while things might be different under his staunch leadership for the black population, it’s more likely he would be cringing about how little has really changed in 60 years. Black Americans are tired of hearing that all lives matter because if that were true, then black lives would matter, too. But they don’t. As a country, we need to recognize the problem and stop the lynchings. That knee on George Floyd’s neck only replaces the rope they used to hang us with years ago. These inequities must end. The White House must stop painting us as thugs, and so, too, must the media. America must understand that black people are tired of sitting back, being quiet, and going along with the status quo. It’s not going to work anymore. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter,” King said. And I agree. So, it’s time to #speakout, #standup , and let the world know that while #alllivesmatter, so, too, do #BlackLivesMatter! Members in Titles & Agencies Covered by the PAA et al Contract If you are in a title and agency covered by the recently ratified PAA et al contract and would like to calculate your new gross salary, you can utilize the chart below. Simply enter either your current biweekly or annual salary in the red box and then click on the "calculate" button. The blue boxes will populate themselves, showing you what your salary will be effective May 6, 2018, with the 2% increase; effective May 6, 2019 with the 2.25% increase compounded; and what your new salary will be effective Oct. 6, 2020, compounded with the 3% increase. As President Middleton announced at the February General Membership meeting, those members in the PAA et al contract who work in Mayoral agencies will receive their wage increases and retroactive pay on March 20, 2020, while those working for NYCHA will receive their wage increases and retroactive pay on March 27, 2020. Local 1180 is currently following up with H+H on a payout date, which we will report here as soon as we are notified of the date. Local 1180 is in contact with NYC Transit to set up bargaining dates for that contract. Calculate Your New Gross Salary What will your Biweekly Gross be effective May 6, 2019? Type in your current Biweekly Gross in the RED box below. The NEW Biweekly Gross will appear in the BLUE box. What will your Biweekly Gross be effective October 6, 2020? Type in your May 6, 2019, Biweekly Gross in the RED box below. The NEW Biweekly Gross will appear in the BLUE box. -- Current Salary (Enter Biweekly OR Annual Salary) Amount Effective May 6, 2018 (Includes 2%) Amount Effective May 6, 2019 (Compounded by 2.25%) Amount Effective Oct. 6, 2020 (Compounded by 3%) CONTRACT NEWS UNION SETTLES PAA ET AL CONTRACT! HOW TO APPEAL YOUR LEVEL EEO PAYOUT UPDATE Meetings Due to the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, all meetings and events are on hold until further notice. Events & Meetings Calendar Events Due to the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, all meetings and events are on hold until further notice. Events & Meetings Calendar Who We Are CWA Local 1180 began its existence as the Municipal Management Society (MMS) in 1954, and was the first “union” of New York City supervisory and administrative employees. In the early 1960s, when public sector organizing exploded and other City workers were making significant gains through collective bargaining, MMS members decided that they too needed to be able to negotiate collectively in order to advance their interests. They signed up the necessary majority of workers, and in 1965 they voted to join the Communications Workers of America. Just two years later, in 1967, with CWA's assistance in overcoming a few obstacles, Local 1180 became CWA’s first public sector local. Today, Local 1180 remains one of the largest public sector locals of CWA, representing more than 9,000 active members and 6,200 retirees. Union membership is overwhelmingly comprised of women, women of color, and other minorities. Most work in one of the dozens of New York City Mayoral agencies, while others work at H+H, Board of Education, Housing Authority, Transit Authority, School Construction Authority, and the state's Unified Court System. As administrative and supervisory workers, our members process payrolls, manage computer sy...