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 Local active member meetings are 6:30 PM  on the 2nd Thursday. May not be scheduled every month.
 Local retiree member meetings are 2:000 PM  on the 2nd Thursday. At union hall and online via Zoom.
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Engineering & Operations in the Bell System (AT&T) *** (Book) "PDF"  https://drive.google.com/.../1HRpkpstcBCeHXmsNytS.../view... 

Second Edition Reorganized and Rewritten Telecommunications in the Bell System in 1982-1983
Volume 1 - Principles (1977) AT&T (Book) "PDF"

Volume 1 Principles, covers the transmission engineering principles that apply to communication systems... It defines the characteristics of various types of signals, describes signal impairments arising in practical channels, provides the basis for understanding the relationships between a communication network and its components and provides an appreciation of how transmission objectives and achievable performance are interrelated.

And the CWA Active Members Party held at 6 PM



 Time to pick for the prizes


Time to do some cooking.
You can attend retiree meetings via Zoom. It's just so very easy. 
Download Zoom  https://zoom.us/download if you don't already have it.
After that you just click on the meeting zoom link on the Central Iowa CWA Retiree Committee site and you get right in. Hey it's fun to be involved.
You can even do it on your cell phone. Just install the Zoom app.


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 At the Union Labor Park, on Monday, September 4, 2023.
The Party after the Labor Day Parade in Downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
 +76 pictures  

Shared by Jeannie McCrea 

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You guessed it, more photos from September 4th, 2023 Labor Day Parade!





What happened to the
US labor movement?

With the screenwriters and actors strike at the forefront of the entertainment industry and hotel cleaners, Amazon warehouse employees and food industry workers following in pursuit, this summer has been coined “the summer of strikes.”

(read the entire article)



The Central Iowa CWA Reriree's Club met at the DMACC’s West Campus on Grand in West Des Moines.

Larry Bishop, Jim Perkey, Jerry Uhlman, Mary Poscius, Joyce Betts, Dale & Charlotte Hurley, Loretta Hansen, Sherri McClain, Jeanne McCrea, Amy Gale, Diana Rezac, Michael Scholer, Barb Harrington, Tish Simons
Big Benefits. Really big savings.
Do you want to save a bunch of money? Of course you do. Go to UNIONPLUS

(New)
Hospitals take aim at Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage may now provide health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors, but that is not stopping health systems from pushing back against the growing and controversial program.

Hospitals have been dropping Medicare Advantage plans over high claim or prior authorization denial rates since at least 2018, but it was an uncommon move until recently. Some systems have noted that most MA carriers have faced allegations of billing fraud from the federal government and are being probed by lawmakers over high denial rates. (click on the above link for more info)


Picture taken at local union meeting.  Looking good guys.
Michael Thompson  


Jerry M. Uhlman

Jim Perkey

Mark Rocha
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