2024 District Meeting Agenda

“TOGETHER WE RISE”

CWA District 4 Meeting
June 11 – June 13, 2024
Detroit, Michigan

Tuesday June 11, 2024

9:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration Ballroom Foyer
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm General Session Grand Ballroom / Salon A
Opening
○ Motown Diva, Lynn Marie Smith
Prayer
○ Darrell Davison, President CWA Local 4008
Pledge
Welcome
○ Gerald Sommerville, President CWA Local 4100
Remarks
○ Ron Bieber, President Michigan AFL/CIO Michigan
○ Marge Krueger, Dir. Airline/Passenger Service
○ Anetra Session, Asst Dir. Airline/Passenger Service
○ Gwen Parker, National RMC President
DFOC Report
○ Gary Kundrat, Defense Fund Oversight Committee Member
Remarks
○ Carl Kennebrew, President IUE/CWA
○ Claude Cummings, President CWA
○ Ameenah Salaam, Secretary-Treasurer CWA
Breaking The Glass Ceiling Award
Hospitality Committee Report
○ Dan Frazier, President Local 4322

BARGAINING UNIT MEETINGS

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Hospitality Amnesia Lounge | Motor City Casino 16th Floor

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am Thryv/YP Monica Hogan
(Barg. Unit Elections)
Salon B

9:00am - 10:30am Workshops

Aptify training and updates Piper Serra, Data Spec CWA HQ MCC 4

CWA Strong – Internal Organizing Targets
Justin Hawkins, District Organizing
Coordinator; Hayden Blankenship,
Campaign Lead Organizing; Wayne
Trakas-Lawlor, Senior Campaign Lead
Organizing; Brenda Miller, Campaign Asst. Organizing
Salon A/Ballroom

"Analyzing Grievances - Unintended Consequences”
Matt Harris, CWA District Counsel MCC 1

"How Workers Can Shape The Future of AI"
Dan Reynolds, Assistant Director of
Research CWA HQ
Salon C

Human Trafficking - Hidden in Plain Sight A Perspective
Alice Jay, Human Trafficking
Specialist; Lady T, Human Rights Expert
MCC 2

10:45am - 12:15pm Workshops (Repeat)

Aptify training and updates Piper Serra, Data Spec CWA HQ MCC 4

CWA Strong – Internal Organizing Targets
Justin Hawkins, District Organizing
Coordinator; Hayden Blankenship,
Campaign Lead Organizing;Wayne
Trakas-Lawlor, Senior Campaign Lead
Organizing; Brenda Miller, Campaign Asst. Organizing
Salon A/Ballroom

“Analyzing Grievances - Unintended Consequences”
Matt Harris, CWA District Counsel MCC 1

"How Workers Can Shape TheFuture of AI"
Dan Reynolds, Assistant Director of
Research CWA HQ
Salon C

Human Trafficking - Hidden in Plain Sight A Perspective
Alice Jay, Human Trafficking
Specialist; Lady T, Human Rights Expert
MCC 2

1:30pm - 4:00pm Aptify Help-Desk Foyer
1:30pm - End General Session Salon A
Remarks
○ Gretchen Whitmer, Governor Michigan
○ Lisa Bolton, VP T&T
○ Margaret Cook, VP PHEW
○ Erika White, At Large Diversity Executive Board Member Central Region
D4 Organizing Update
○ Justin Hawkins, Dist. Organizing Coordinator
○ Michael Musolf, Member Employed at Lakeside
Remarks
○ Mike Handley, Admin. Director
Politics 2024
○ Frank Mathews, Admin. Director
Remarks
○ Curt Hess, Asst. to the Vice President – D4
Legal Update
○ Matt Harris, District Counsel
Remarks
○ Linda L. Hinton, Vice President – D4
 

Thursday, June 13, 2024

9:00am - 10:00am CWA D4 Action Workshop
10:15am - 12:00pm General Session & Wrap Up
Committee Reports
Crystal Roberts Award
○ CWA Staff Union
Retirees
○ Hetty Scofield, Vice President D4 RMC
Trial Panel Report
○ Rob Boelk, President CWA Local 4652
D4 Media Report
○ Charles Daniels, Senior Campaign Lead
Next Gen
○ Mitchell Deachin, Steward CWA Local 4008
○ Adam Mosley, Steward CWA Local 4501 & Executive Board
Member
Human Rights Committee
○ Diane Bailey, CWA Staff Representative
○ Danielle Brewer-Collier, Division 1 VP CWA Local 4900 &
Minority Caucus Representative
○ Kwame Barnes, Secretary-Treasurer CWA Local 4603 &
CRC Representative
○ Cindy Krebs, Trustee CWA Local 4502 & Womens’
Committee Representative
Good and Welfare
Adjourn