In This Issue
Honor Our Contract and Tear Down the
Wall!
Thousands of CWA and IBEW members picketed at more than 250
Verizon locations on March 6 and March 13, carrying signs
demanding that Verizon honor our contract.
Verizon management has sought to reach a new agreement with
IBEW and CWA by May 1, 2008. After preliminary talks were
suspended without any progress in December, Verizon initiated
another round in February. But union leaders have insisted that
if Verizon hopes to reach an early agreement on a new contract,
it must respect the existing one. Read
the full story.
Verizon Annual Meeting Set for May 1
Ironically, Verizon has chosen May 1, International
Workers’ Solidarity Day, for its Annual Meeting. After
last year’s raucous meeting in Pittsburgh, management has
decided to move the location to Lincoln, Nebraska.
Proxies will be arriving shortly by mail and e-mail. Voting
recommendations will be posted at www.cwa-union.org/verizon
as soon as they are available. Show your solidarity by returning
proxies to your local union by April 17, 2008. Read
the full story.
Critics Say Verizon Agreement 'Hoodwinks'
DC
A price cap settlement reached with Verizon "hoodwinks
District of Columbia residents," said Ruth Castel-Branco of DC
Jobs with Justice, a local affiliate of the national labor and
community coalition. "This agreement offers false solutions to
serious quality of service complaints." The settlement was
reached on March 5. Read
the full story. |
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Members of the Stewards Army from
Local 2201 picket in Richmond,
VA. | |
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