In This Issue
"We're Ready to Fight for Good
Jobs!"
The Verizon East contract
expires on August 2, 2008—but no one is waiting until then
to get ready. One of the biggest challenges members face is
management's continuous effort to shrink union
work. Keep reading.
CWA, Jobs with Justice Collect 1,800
Pledges to Switch to Union Wireless
Thousands of activists
from a broad spectrum of community, environmental, civil
rights and labor groups gathered in Atlanta in late June to
share experiences and renew their inspiration to continue
organizing for social justice. Few people left without hearing
about Verizon! Keep reading.
Latest on Stop the Sale: Grassroots
Efforts Expand with Lawn Signs and Postcard
Campaign
Union members, interns
from the AFL-CIO’s Union Summer program and canvassers for
Working America are going door-to-door to gather thousands of
postcards from ordinary citizens telling the governors of the
three northern New England states to “take a strong
stand” against allowing Verizon to sell off its
assets. Keep reading.
Union Protests Deregulation
Bid
In an ongoing campaign, about
15 members of CWA Local 2201 protested Verizon's bid to
deregulate pricing controls in Virginia. Verizon has asked the
State Corporation Commission to remove pricing controls for
retail services, which include lines into homes and
businesses. Keep reading.
Unions Blast Vodacom Abuses in South
Africa
CWA and telecom unions
around the world are condemning the latest outrages being
committed by Vodacom, Vodafone's subsidiary in South Africa,
against striking workers. (Vodafone co-owns Verizon Wireless.)
More than 1,000 Vodafone workers have been on strike since
July 2. Keep reading. |
