Tower Climbers at QualTek filed a petition late last week with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election in Henderson, NV. The filing is for admittance into the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union. Inside Towers was sent an internally-circulated letter from the desk of Yonah Diamond, CWA’s Organizing Coordinator.
“This is a huge deal,” Diamond told his members. “This will be the first shop that moves forward with winning formal union certification. Once they win their election, they will be able to sit down with the company and bargain their first collective bargaining agreement.”Diamond said the CWA will be reaching out to QualTek management to give them a chance to address its tower workers, although, he said, the vote was “near unanimous.”
A QualTek representative said the company would provide no comment on the announcement. Continue Reading
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