CWA Members' Relief Fund Striker Certification Form

CWA Members' Relief Fund Striker Certification Form

The CWA Members’ Relief Fund (MRF) provides direct assistance to members, agency fee payers, Local Union Officers who are on the Local’s payroll and lose wages, and victims of collective bargaining strategies during sanctioned strikes and other approved mobilization actions. Currently, the weekly benefit to strikers and victims is $300 beginning with the fifteenth day of the strike, and $400 per week beginning with the twenty-ninth day of the strike. MRF payments end on the seventh day following the conclusion of the strike. MRF benefits are subject to availability of funds.

Strikers are required to perform strike duty. It is the Local’s responsibility to advise every member/agency fee payer that strike duty is required in order to receive MRF benefits. The Local determines the amount of strike duty.   As a result, a striker’s obligation may vary from Local to Local. Keep in mind that the rules require some level of involvement by each and every striker who applies for MRF benefits