CWA members join together to harness the power of the Union, reaching out to fellow members in our communities to engage and empower others. We know that union power at the ballot box can help determine elections in favor of candidates that support our priorities. Elections have consequences and working people can make the change we need.
Attention Burlington County members – worksite meetings are ongoing and continuing throughout the departments.
Upcoming we have Library, Westampton Headquarters September 28th from 1:30-3:00, Human Services October 6th from 11-1:30, Parks Maintenance October 13th at 3pm.
More dates and locations are being added. We are continuing to meet with new hires every 2 weeks with great success with membership.
In addition, it’s great to have our members of Willingboro, Mt. Holly, Burlington City, Florence and Edgewater Park School Crossing Guard units all back out on a daily basis crossing students. Have a great school year!
The full text and salary charts for the current Judiciary PNCR and JCAU Contracts are available for viewing and download below.
On September 22, 2021, CWA 1036 signed on to a nationwide letter with other union, student, consumer, higher education, civil rights, public health, workforce, public interest, professional, military, and faith organizations in calling on Secretary Cardona to take immediate executive action to deliver on the promise of Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) by cancelling debts owed by all public service workers who have served for a decade or more, and to improve the PSLF program.
While we continue to advocate for universal student debt relief, we are pleased to announce that Secretary of Education Cardona announced on October 6, 2021, that the PSLF program will be completely rehauled to make it easier for public servants to obtain federal student loan forgiveness. The biggest change which will impact over 550,000 borrowers, will allow all payments regardless of payment plan or federal student loan type to count towards Public Student Loan Forgiveness.
One of the biggest obstacles with the PSLF program is that only about 2% of applicants are approved, making it a largely ineffectual program for public servants. Streamlining all payment plans and federal student loan types to count towards PSLF should make the program more accessible and useful in eliminating federal student loan debt for public servants.
You can find a more detailed explanation of the changes here.
