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In Memory of our Secretary-Treasurer Mese Dangerfield 11/26/11
(Scroll all the way down for Bargaining Information, etc.)
UNION MEETINGS Woodbridge Time: 7pm-9pm Every 2nd Monday of the month McCoart Building Room: Cedar Run 1 County Complex Court
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“We are fighting for middle class jobs while Verizon’s CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, paid himself $18 million last year, which is almost 300 times the pay of the average worker and, while Verizon is trying to force both active and retired workers to pay thousands of dollars for health care coverage, Seidenberg and his wife are guaranteed free medical coverage for life, and the new CEO, Lowell McAdam, gets out of pocket health care expenses reimbursed.” WHY NOT US?
Wear Red Every Thursday! (Why We Wear Red)
CWA Rally in New York City at Verizon Headquarters in 2008
CWA Rally In New York City Saturday, July 30, 2011
Rally at Verizon Headquarters on Saturday, July 30, 2011
Verizon-Potomac Bargaining Committee Mark Balsamo Local 2100 Maryland Les Evans Local 2108 Washington Metro Chuck Taylor Local 2202 Virginia/West Virginia Gail Evans District 2 Chair for Common Issues Steve Holland District 2 Chair for Local Bargaining Grant Brock Local 2108 is our Verizon Connected Solutions-Potomac bargaining Rep.
CWA Local 2275 Bargaining Hotline: 888-255-4920
Regional Bargaining Report # 19 Friday August 5, 2011 As the hours tick down toward contract expiration, we are no closer to reaching an agreement than when negotiations began. The company continues their pattern of coming to the bargaining table with inaccurate information resulting in incomplete answers to our questions. The reports we are receiving from Locals across the Verizon East footprint show our members are engaged in this fight and focused on defeating the retrogressive bargaining proposals Verizon thinks they can bully our members into accepting. This company has placed the most retrogressive package of proposals before our members that anyone at the bargaining table has ever seen. Just to remind everyone of the horse manure the company still wants you to accept: Healthcare benefits: The company is demanding premium contributions and changes for both the medical plan and the dental plan costing our members and retirees up to $6,000 per year Wages: Wages - both annual and progression increases tied to your yearly evaluation Eliminate Differentials Eliminate Pay Premiums Eliminate all Overtime Caps Create new job titles for the consumer and business call centers that would work on a commission based wage schedule Pensions: Eliminate the Pension Plan Eliminate the Pension Cash-Out option Eliminate the Sickness Death Benefit Benefits: Eliminate accident disability benefits and cut in half the sickness disability benefits Reduce or eliminate sick time pay Reduce Paid Holidays Job Security: Eliminate the Job Security Provisions for all employees Eliminate the 35-mile transfer provision Eliminate provisions in Force Adjustment Plan Eliminate New Contracting Initiatives allowing them to increase the level of contracting The list goes on and at this point, there appears to be no end in sight. We are less than 24 hours from contract expiration and still this company insists on crying poor mouth at the negotiating table and acting as if we need to settle for the crumbs that fall from Lowell’s dinner table. Well Lowell, we looked it up, there is no one working for Verizon named Oliver Twist! None of us are going to come to you and ask, "Please Sir, May I Have Some More?" We are the people in this company that make it run. We will not beg you for what is rightfully ours to begin with, A FAIR CONTRACT. It is disgraceful for you to ask our members and retirees to sacrifice years of negotiated benefits while you sit back in your two million dollar mansion on your five acres in beautiful Mendham, NJ and think about your vacation home on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. How about instead of spending another 2.1 million dollars just for the land you bought there, you and your cronies at Verizon take a little less in your executive compensation? Perhaps by doing that some of our retirees won’t have to choose between eating or paying for their healthcare. Verizon, we are not going to stand by and let you destroy more than fifty years of bargaining history. The clock is ticking and time is running out. If you didn’t hear us before, hear us now, "WE WON’T GO BACK". We are in this fight for the long haul and we will last one day longer than you will until we reach a fair agreement. HEAR US NOW: "WE WON’T GO BACK"
Regional Bargaining Report # 68 Friday, May 18, 2012
Again this week, the CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Committee and the CWA District 2-13/ IBEW Mid Atlantic Regional Committee met with the Company together and discussed the issues of Job Security and Call Sharing. There were also several off table discussions with Union leadership and the Company chairs regarding these same issues. The Company continues to demand the elimination of Job Security, elimination of the Movement of Work Protection, elimination of the 35 mile transfer provision and the elimination of New Contracting Initiatives agreement. Both Regional committees also met throughout the week to work on joint proposals for the Company’s Call Sharing proposal and the Union’s Jobs proposal. Formal bargaining has recessed until Tuesday, May 29th. Your Union Bargaining team is working hard and is committed to finding ways to address both the concerns of the Company and the needs of our members in this round of negotiations. The Company continues to have only one goal, givebacks. Their agenda continues to include retrogressive demands across virtually every area of our contracts from job security to pensions and work rules. The Company is still not hearing us so it is more important than ever that we take this fight to a new level. Our members must continue to mobilize. Every member needs to commit to spending 4 hours per week participating in mobilization activities.
The following Press Release from CWA demonstrates how CWA and IBEW will not stand by and allow this greedy corporation to abuse our members and break the law. CWA presented 63 discipline cases to the NLRB. At this time they have authorized complaints on 58 cases. This is a significant statement about Verizon's unlawful actions. NLRB Region 2 Authorizes Issuance of Complaint Against Verizon for Unfair Firings, Discipline Washington, D.C. -- National Labor Relation Board Region 2 has authorized the issuance of a complaint against Verizon Communications for its actions in disciplining and firing workers following the two-week strike by union members last August. Regional Director Karen Fernbach authorized the complaint for 58 of the 63 cases brought by the Communications Workers of America, following an investigation in Verizon’s actions. “This is tremendous news for workers who have faced harsh discipline, even firing, from Verizon, that was completely unwarranted,” said Ron Collins, CWA chief of staff. “This fight has been about economic justice from the beginning. Some 45,000 CWA and IBEW members spent two weeks on the picket line to force this $100 billion company to bargain fairly not continue to demand givebacks of $1 billion a year. “Progressive allies and the 99 percent spring coalition are standing with us as workers continue to fight against Verigreedy Verizon and corporate greed across our country. We won’t stop now,” he said. Jennifer Travis, a 15-year Verizon employee in Pittsburgh, Pa., never once was disciplined or written up, but was unfairly fired last August by Verizon. Here’s her story: “A couple days after the strike began, I took my husband and 2 of my 3 kids with me to the picket line. For us, being union is all in the family! “There were a lot of us on the picket line that day. Management was bringing scabs across the line to work our jobs. We were loud and boisterous, but peaceful. The company says that I assaulted a manager. Those are outrageous and false allegations. “Mine was not an isolated incident. Several of my brothers and sisters were fired or disciplined last August for similarly trumped up charges. What many of us have in common is our highly visible status as union leaders and activists. It makes me wonder if the company retaliated against us in an effort to intimidate other members who would consider standing up for their union in the future. If true, that’s flat out bullying and it’s disgusting.” The regional director’s action is the first step of the NLRB process. Now Region 2 will seek to negotiate with Verizon to settle these cases.
If you have not been involved it is time to get involved. Call our Local at (703)730-2275 or talk to your steward to find out what you can do today to help. IT IS TIME TO GET ANGRY IT IS TIME TO GET INVOLVED IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK Now more than ever we need to mobilize! Mobilize! – Mobilize! – Mobilize!
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