Michelle Agne

Brothers and Sisters,

It has been another difficult month due to the bumping process with the closure of Pub Com.  If you are involved in the bump and have questions or need help with your forms please call me. It is crucial that you fill your forms out correctly. And, remember to leave your can be reached number.  As of last Friday staffing thought that they would be done with all of the rounds by the end of the month. I would like again to thank all of the stewards and chiefs who have spent countless hours assisting members during this challenging time.  

Zaida Menendez, Chief Steward in the CSSC and I have started our meetings with management on a weekly basis again. We listen to random calls of members who have gone on a form of discipline and have filed a grievance. The vast majority of these write-ups continue to be for not following the sales process, and not using the Power Pitch Assessment Tool. Attendance has become a great concern again. We currently have approximately 14% of our members calling out per day. We have started our membership training classes back up. We have had about 65 members from the CSSC attend. It has been great seeing so many of you at the General and unit meetings.

Robert, Dan Wagner, and Jim Brading (Steward) met with BSC management and the offline groups to discuss cross training options within that classification. We have had 19 members attend membership training from the BSC.

It has been an especially busy time in E-Commerce, SST and the 301complex. I have been working with management to get at least a one person from each of these areas for membership training. Please call or email me if you are interested in attending.

In Solidarity,

Michelle Agne   

Brothers and Sisters,

During the last month Robert, Zaida Menendez, Chief Steward in the CSSC and myself have continued to meet with Management and members to discuss the state of the center. We have now met with 13 teams.  Robert asked for your input. Any suggestions or comments are welcomed.  Zaida and I continue to meet with management, listening to random calls of members that have gone on a form of discipline and have filed a grievance. The majority of these write ups are still for not using the Power Pitch tool and the Sales Process.  We are still trying to catch up on 3^rd step grievances.  We have had about 60 Members from the CSSC go through membership training. It is great to see more of you at the General meetings.

Robert, Jim Brading, Steward in the BSC and I held a parking lot meeting with the BSC. We had about 30 members attend. It was great to see so many of you.

Sherry Waters, Chief steward in E-Commerce and I continue to get 3^rd steps heard. We have had 17 members from E-Commerce attend membership training.

Robert, Grace Smith, Chief Steward in SST and I met with management to discuss the SST.  Robert and I did side by sides with a few SST Reps to see day-to- day operations.  

Our Stress committee was cancelled this month. We have been waiting on some posters to arrive so we can start getting information out to members.

May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!  ~Author Unknown

In Solidarity,

Michelle Agne

Brothers and Sisters,

It has been an extremely difficult month for all of us.  One of the most frequent questions that I get asked each day is about bumping rights.  If you are involved in the bump and have questions or need help with your forms please call the hall.  I would like to thank all of the stewards and chiefs who have spent countless hours assisting members during this challenging time.   

During the last month Zaida Menendez, Chief Steward in the CSSC and I have met with management and have spent time listening to random calls of members that have gone on a form of discipline and have filed a grievance. The majority of these write ups have been for not securing the accounts, the usage of the Power Pitch Assessment Tool and the sales process.  We have continued to get 3^rd step grievances heard.  We have had about 18 members from the CSSC go through membership development.  If you are interested in attending one of these classes or have any concerns please call me. 

Robert and I met with Earl Dowdy and Ron Beigler in the BSC about billing training and new work coming into the BSC.

Sherry Waters, Chief Steward in E-Commerce and several stewards and I have met with management to get 3^rd steps heard and have several more scheduled this month to try to get caught up.

Robert, Dora Mullis, Chief Steward at the 301 complex met with Roxy Parker to discuss the new billing work that has been brought into this center and additional training classes that are scheduled.

I attended the Verizon Plus environmental meeting with Nettie Hamacek, Chief Steward for Bradenton/Sarasota VZ Plus stores.  We discussed the ongoing issues in the Plus stores such as RSC’s placing SPOT orders, Campaign Manager and the decline in sales coming into the stores.  Please support your union brother and sisters in the VZ plus stores if you are in need of services such as cell phones or accessories.

Grace Smith, Chief Steward in SST and I had 3^rd step grievances this month as well.  We have had 5 members from the SST attend membership development.

I have had the great pleasure of meeting and visiting with numerous members over the last month and hope to get to every department to do side by sides and continue to meet more members of our local.   

In Solidarity,

Michelle Agne   

Brothers and Sisters,

We just returned from the Southern School for Union Women.  I would like to take a minute to share with you one of the topics that was covered.

Cervical cancer prevention - Cervical cancer is highly preventable through regular screening.  Cervical cancer is almost always caused by a common virus: human papillomavirus (HPV).

Most women will have HPV at some point in their lives, but few will develop cervical cancer.  In fact, most women who get HPV will get rid of the virus through their body’s normal healing process.

Only HPV infection that persists for several years can put a woman at risk for cervical cancer.  The bad news is cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in the women around the world.

The good news is cervical cancer can be prevented using the Pap test, the HPV test and the HPV vaccine.

The best news is working together, we can make sure that girl and women everywhere become aware.  Ask for the HPV test.

In Solidarity,

Michelle Agne