New CWA stewards from 42 different Piedmont Airlines stations attended their first training.
One hundred new CWA stewards from 42 different Piedmont Airlines stations attended their first training last week.
Over the course of four days, stewards each attended a day-long training class in Charlotte, where they learned more about the new contract, which went into effect on Monday, and their new role in the workplace. They focused on how to solve problems, union building and signing up coworkers. There are 3,700 CWA-represented agents at Piedmont Airlines.
The group included one employee who was hired just nine months ago, but also agents who have spent the last decade fighting for a union voice. Agents flew in from as far as Arizona and New Mexico.
The training was led by Kate Shaughnessy, CWA education staff representative; Jimmy Tarlau, assistant to the vice president for District 2-13; and Abdur Bilal, a Piedmont agent and longtime activist who helped organize the agents.
"It was quite exhausting — 6 hours a day for 4 days — but I must say it is some of the most rewarding work that I've been involved in doing movement work over the last forty years," said Tarlau.
New CWA stewards from 42 different Piedmont Airlines stations attended their first training.
One hundred new CWA stewards from 42 different Piedmont Airlines stations attended their first training last week.
Over the course of four days, stewards each attended a day-long training class in Charlotte, where they learned more about the new contract, which went into effect on Monday, and their new role in the workplace. They focused on how to solve problems, union building and signing up coworkers. There are 3,700 CWA-represented agents at Piedmont Airlines.
The group included one employee who was hired just nine months ago, but also agents who have spent the last decade fighting for a union voice. Agents flew in from as far as Arizona and New Mexico.
The training was led by Kate Shaughnessy, CWA education staff representative; Jimmy Tarlau, assistant to the vice president for District 2-13; and Abdur Bilal, a Piedmont agent and longtime activist who helped organize the agents.
"It was quite exhausting — 6 hours a day for 4 days — but I must say it is some of the most rewarding work that I've been involved in doing movement work over the last forty years," said Tarlau.