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Also in Summer 2010
- Ready for the Future: Moving Forward Together
- SIF: Health Care/Employee Free Choice: "We Couldn't Have Done it Without the SIF"
- SIF: T-Mobile: New Strategy to Win Bargaining Rights
- SIF: Verizon-Frontier: "We Welcomed the Opportunity to Do Our Part"
- SIF: Windstream: The Fight for Retiree Health Care Goes On
- SIF: Verizon Business: Tearing Down the Wall
- SIF: Lean Manufacturing: 'Plant Managers are Telling Managers that the Union has Value'
- SIF: Media Projects: 'People are So Jealous that Our Union is Able to Do This'
- SIF: Speed Matters: CWA a Leading Voice for High-Speed Broadband
- Building a Political Movement: 'The Beginning of a New Political Movement'
- Building a Political Movement: A New NLRB: Another Path to Protecting Workers' Rights
- Building a Political Movement: Holding Elected Leaders Accountable
- Building a Political Movement: 'We Showed that Politics Can Be About Creating Jobs'
- Building a Political Movement: NMB Rule Change Brings Democracy to Airline Elections
- Building a Political Movement: St. Louis: A Model for CWA Teamwork
- Stewards Army: Stewards Army on Active Duty for CWA Nationwide
- Stewards Army: 'We're Stronger and We've Gained Respect'
- Diversity: Board Diversity Seats "A Great Bridge-Builder"
Building a Political Movement: 'We Can Now Count on Members Who Will Immediately Volunteer'
CWA locals in Maryland used political activism to fight Verizon’s efforts to raise telephone rates and reduce service quality standards for thousands of Maryland residential customers.
The campaign had members of CWA Locals 2100, 2101, 2105, 2107 and 2108 meeting with state representatives in Annapolis, making phone calls, leafleting and urging the state Public Service Commission to do the right thing. And CWA ran radio and newspaper ads to make sure the public realized what was at stake.
“For many of our members, it was their first taste of direct involvement in a union campaign,” said Local 2100 President Mark Balsamo, a Verizon technician. Hundreds of CWAers attended PSC hearings and rallies and spread the word about Verizon’s looking to pull a fast one on Maryland consumers.
“Many more members are now active, especially on the political side,” Balsamo said. “We can now count on at least a dozen members who will immediately volunteer, and even taking unpaid paid, when we need people to turn out for an important hearing or visit a lawmaker on a issue that means jobs.”