Aug 18, 2011
Tens of thousands of working Americans, other unions, students, civil rights, religious, and community groups have joined union members' fight to get Verizon to bargain in good faith. More than 150,000 people so far have signed CWA's online petition, urging Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to stop union-busting and negotiate fairly.
Aug 18, 2011
A Verizon Strike Solidarity Fund has been created to assist striking families with special needs who are facing very difficult financial circumstances as the strike at Verizon continues.
Aug 16, 2011
Thank you, sisters and brothers, for allowing me to address you today. Your theme “Stand up, fight back” could not be more appropriate! The right wing in this country is bent on destroying collective bargaining, labor and the middle class in this country. Americans know inequality is on the rise but many are still not fully aware of the extent to which the landscape has changed.
Aug 16, 2011
Frequently Asked Questions about Health Care Benefits
Aug 16, 2011
In just one week, more than 100,000 people have called on Verizon chief executive officer Lowell McAdam to get serious about bargaining and to stop trying to push Verizon workers out of the middle class.
Aug 14, 2011
Local 1103 Chief Steward Gerry Horgan was run down on the picket line and taken away from his family and friends 22 years ago on August 15, 1989. Local 1103 invites all CWA members to join us in Valhalla, NY, for our annual wreathlaying ceremony to pay tribute to his sacrifice, or by taking a moment of silence at 12:00 pm wherever you may be.
Aug 12, 2011
Washington, D.C. — August 12, 2011 — The Communications Workers of America has filed unfair labor practice charges against Verizon Communications for labor law violations in contract negotiations covering Verizon, Verizon Wireless and VCSI workers. The charges, filed with National Labor Relations Board offices in New York and Baltimore, make the case that Verizon has refused to bargain in good faith with CWA.
Aug 11, 2011
WSJ.com -- Verizon Communications Inc.'s argument to striking wireline workers is they have to accept deep cuts to benefits to help offset falling sales at its traditional phone business, but 70 striking union members are mounting a different fight—they work for the company's highly profitable wireless unit.
Aug 11, 2011
Verizon returned to the bargaining table this week, but CWA and IBEW bargaining teams still are waiting for the company to bargain fairly and end its attack on middle class workers.
Aug 11, 2011
At Verizon and Verizon Wireless offices, call centers, phone stores, outdoor garages, and hundreds of workplaces from New England to Virginia, 45,000 CWA and IBEW members are standing strong in their strike to save bargaining rights and middle-class jobs at one of the nation's most profitable companies.
Aug 8, 2011
Verizon workers are waiting for management to demonstrate that it's ready to bargain. In fact, we're looking for Verizon to stop canceling bargaining sessions that have been scheduled.
Aug 7, 2011
More than 45,000 workers are on strike today at Verizon Communications. Bargaining continues. Since bargaining began on June 22, Verizon has refused to move from a long list of concession demands. As the contract expired, nearly 100 concessionary company proposals remained on the table.
Aug 6, 2011
Even at the 11th hour, with contracts set to expire, Verizon continues to seek to strip away 50 years of contract gains. Following the game plan of Wisconsin, Verizon is trying to destroy the collective bargaining process by refusing to engage seriously on the issues.
Aug 6, 2011
Updated: Our bargaining team requested a written apology to the CWA members at Wireless. Thanks to support from Locals 1101, 1103, and 1107 and all other Verizon members, the manager provided that apology today, which was shared with the members at Wireless. We're glad to put this behind us and focus on bargaining a fair contract at Verizon Wireless.
Aug 5, 2011
Rich corporate executives look out for each other. Olive Garden's Clarence Otis has helped the 5 top executives at Verizon walk away with $258 million dollars over the last 4 years.
Aug 4, 2011
With the clock on a fair contract for 43,000 Verizon East workers running out at midnight, Saturday Aug. 6, the company has refused to budge from retrogressive bargaining proposals that it knows would be soundly rejected by CWA and IBEW-represented workers.
Aug 4, 2011
More than 15,000 Verizon workers and allies turned downtown New York City streets into a sea of red shirts last Saturday to fight the company's effort to gut decades of bargained for gains in pensions, health care, sick leave, pay and more.
Jul 30, 2011
More than 15,000 Verizon workers and their supporters massed Saturday outside Verizon headquarters in New York City, roaring approval for their bargaining committee and booing the corporate executives who want to take away workers’ pensions, health care, sick days, and holidays, suspend weekend differentials and replace regular pay raises with merit pay.
Jul 28, 2011
CWAers are fired up for a fair contract. Members overwhelmingly vote strike authorization and will get on the bus for a huge rally at VZ headquarters in NYC on Saturday, July 30.
Jul 28, 2011
CWA members throughout Verizon East territory will get on the bus this Saturday for the mega-mobilization rally in New York City just outside Verizon headquarters.
