Ramp It Up! 
Verizon management seems to want to bury their heads in the
sand.
Four days from expiration, they’re still looking
for concessions that are simply unacceptable.
Members are doing a great job mobilizing, but apparently
management just isn’t listening.
We’ve got to ramp it up even more.
Here’s what some locals are doing:
On Monday, members of CWA L. 2011 in
Clarksburg, WV, rallied before the 0800 tour outside a
140-worker CSSC. The local TV station and paper covered the
rally. After work on Thursday, they’ll march through
downtown Clarksburg to another work location, chanting, carrying
signs and red balloons and, of course, dressed in red.
CWA L. 2275 had informational pickets at
locations in Smithfield, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Manassas,
and Stafford, Virginia.
CWA L. 13100 is also out practice picketing
in Delaware. Tomorrow, CWA and IBEW will hold a joint noontime
rally at Verizon’s office in
Philadelphia.
Throughout New York City, workers at garages
are rallying and going into work together every morning. Three
or four hundred CWAers from L. 1108 and L. 1105
will rally on Long Island tonight. Another 400 or so are
expected at tomorrow night’s L. 1109
rally in Brooklyn.
About 80 members of IBEW L. 2323 and
community supporters rallied at a garage in Providence, RI, last
Thursday. Supporters from the R.I. AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 94,
Teamsters L. 251, and Jobs with Justice joined the rally. This
was the 4th “rolling rally” before expiration. The
final rally will be at Verizon’s New England HQ at185
Franklin Street, Boston at 6:00 PM tomorrow. Read
more.
Be sure to send reports and
pictures of your local’s activities to your District
office or to kraab@cwa-union.org
Get Ready to Walk!
Are you ready?
- Have you signed up for picket duty? Picket signs will arrive
in local offices by Thursday.
- Have you submitted your Members Relief Fund form?
- Have you signed up for “flying squadron” duty?
Following the trucks is the key to an effective strike!
|
|
Contract
Countdown:
4 Days
|
|
Get
the PDF version of this issue for the full
articles. |
|
To read the PDF version of
the newsletter, you'll need the Adobe Reader.
If you don't already
have it installed, download it
free.
If you have difficulty
viewing this message, click here. |
|
