Jul 25, 2011
Show Your Solidarity with Facebook and Twitter Profile Pics
Click here to download a graphic for your Facebook or Twitter profile picture.
Jul 15, 2011
“More red than ever in all locations”
Job Action Report from Local 1400 Management Response: They tried to get the person conducting the strike vote kicked out of a public/neutral area in two locations with no success. At the LPC locations the managers stayed out of sight until voting was complete. In Andover they tried not to see the giant rat as they pulled in the parking lot. Members are asking more questions and getting more pissed off at the company especially in Andover.
Jul 13, 2011
Talks on Hold; Members on the Move
With bargainers away from the table until after the CWA convention, members have taken to the streets, parking lots, and offices—standing, sitting, walking, telling our story to the general public and sending a message to the company.
Jul 13, 2011
This is What Solidarity Looks Like
CWA Locals 1109 and 2201 get political and union support.
Jul 12, 2011
On July 30, We Rally at Verizon HQ in New York City!
Make plans now! There will be buses coming from the entire Verizon East footprint. We will show Verizon that we are committed to fight to protect our contract! MOBILIZE! MOBILIZE! MOBILIZE!
Jul 9, 2011
We Want Your Pictures!
Send us your photos and links to your photos on Facebook, Flickr, or other online albums. Let your brothers and sisters know what you're doing to fight Verizon's attack!
Jul 9, 2011
CWA Local 1104 members vote to strike
Members of Local 1104 voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary. Other CWA locals will report their votes by July 27th. Take notice, Verizon: We are ready to walk!
Jun 30, 2011
Verizon Proposals Would Gut Union Contracts
Your Union Bargaining teams collectively have decades of bargaining experience. In all of our experience we have never seen such an aggressive agenda as the package of proposals the Company brought to the table today. Verizon has made it clear they want to take away almost every protection we have as Union workers.
Jun 30, 2011
Mobilization is Our Power
As the CWA and IBEW bargaining teams held their first negotiations on June 22nd, practice picket lines went up across Verizon East. Thousands of members walked before work and at lunchtime to let management know that we are ready and we are one!
Jun 30, 2011
Thousands Participate in “It’s All About Good Jobs” Workshops
Over the last several months, more than 3,000 CWA active and retired members have taken part in mobilization workshops. The all-day workshop analyzes Verizon’s anti-union strategy, the bargaining climate, and building an effective campaign to fight back.
Jun 30, 2011
If We Want a Good Contract We Need to Get Involved on the Front Line
Our bargaining teams will fight for good jobs and a fair contract. But contract negotiations are never won solely at the negotiating table.
Jun 29, 2011
Verizon Makes Outrageous Proposal to Eliminate Current Health Care Plans
Verizon wants to end the major health benefit plans that CWA has negotiated over decades.
Jun 24, 2011
Members Rally From W. Va. To N.H. as Verizon East Bargaining Begins
Negotiations got underway Wednesday with Verizon Communications covering about 35,000 CWA members from Virginia to New England, and another 10,000 members of the IBEW.
Jun 23, 2011
Stories from the Picket Lines
Thousands of CWA and IBEW members hit the streets for practice picketing yesterday throughout the Verizon East footprint. Check out our photo album and click on Read More for reports from different locations. Send your own stories, photos, and links to online photo albums to your Local or District office.
Jun 22, 2011
CWA Members Rally June 22 as Bargaining with Verizon East Gets Underway
Get Mobilized! Verizon East Bargaining Begins Today
Jun 22, 2011
Bargaining Opens: We’re Fighting for Good Union Jobs
Each of us must commit to fight every day until we have a fair contract. Wear red, educate your co-workers, and mobilize, mobilize, mobilize!
Jun 9, 2011
CWA’s Verizon Bargainers Focus on Health Care as Talks Near
CWA members of the Verizon bargaining committee from New York-New England (District 1) and the mid-Atlantic (Districts 2 and 13) met Friday for a daylong discussion on health care, gearing up for tough bargaining that will get underway at the end of June.
Jun 2, 2011
Every Verizon Job a Union Job
Billions in Verizon profits. Millions for Verizon top executive. Thousands of Verizon jobs outsourced. What's wrong with this picture?
Jun 2, 2011
Verizon: Stop Outsourcing Our Jobs!
Our message to Verizon is simple: No more contracting out or offshoring. Keep good jobs in our community!
May 19, 2011
Stop Verizon’s Attack on Union Jobs!
Since our last contract, we’ve lost 15,000 CWA jobs in the Verizon East footprint, from 48,000 jobs down to 34,000. That’s not because of the economy or because Verizon’s not profitable. It’s because management has a very deliberate strategy to shrink the number of union jobs at Verizon.
