Ratification Vote

September 29, 2020

Brothers and Sisters,

The Election Committee has mailed the ratification ballot (secret ballot), the secret ballot emvelope with instructions, and a return envelope with pre-paid postage to the last know address of each member that is in "Good Standing" with the local.  If you are a member that is in "Default" with your union dues, you are not in "Good Standing" with the local and you will not receive the mailing from the Election Committee.

The Election Committee also realizes that our fellow brothers and sisters maybe on temporary transfer and will not be at their home address to receive ratification ballot (secret ballot), the secret ballot envelope with instructions, and a return envelope.  With this in mind the Election Committee and I agreed that the ratification ballot (secret ballot) be made available to the members on our local's website.  I have uploaded this as a pdf file with this news article.  Because of that, it is available to all members including the members that are in "Default" and are not in "Good Standing".  If you are a member in "Default" and mail in this ratification ballot that has been provided with this article it WILL NOT BE COUNTED!

If you are on temporary transfer or choose to use the ratification ballot (secret ballot) that has been posted with this article, then you will need two envelopes and will need to follow these instructions on how to mail in your ratification ballot (secret ballot), failure to comply with these instructions and the ballot will be considered "spoiled" and will not be counted;

1) Print the ratification ballot (secret ballot) and mark it carefully.

2) Place the ratification ballot (secret ballot) in one envelope, seal it, and write on this envelope "Secret Ballot Envelope".

3) Place the Secret Ballot Envelope in a "Return" envelope with the Election Committees address on it with your home address as the return address. The Election Committee's addres is "Election Committee PO Box 21007 Denver, CO. 80221".  

4) Sign the back of your "Return" envelope.

5) Place a stamp on your "Return" envelope and mail it in.

Please fill out and return your secret ballot on ratification of the contract and return by Thursday October 8th, 2020. The Election Committee will be counting the ballots on Friday October 9th, 2020 and the results will provided to the CWA T&T Office and Bargaining Team.

In Unity,
R.K. Ferdinandsen
President
CWA Local 7590