Local 1104 News Archive
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/NewsCongressional Night is Canceled
We have affiliates engaged in a very significant and difficult labor dispute with Verizon, therefore we are canceling Congressional Night on Monday evening May 2nd. The relationships with our Congressional Delegation are very important to all of us, and we have not taken this step lightly. We...
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/NewsUrgent Care Deal Reached
Local 1104 has worked out an arrangement with STAT-HEALTH for Urgent Care Treatment. If there is a necessity for an unexpected medical condition, every Local 1104 member can go to any of their 9 locations on Long Island to receive necessary medical treatment and no payment will be required. STAT-...
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Regional Bargaining Report #52
Today, Verizon presented what it described as its "last, best, and final offer" to your bargaining teams in Philadelphia and Westchester. Unfortunately, their "last and best" was little more than the "same old bullshit." Here's what they offered that was new: an additional 1% in wages, one year of...
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/NewsStrike Medical for Verizon Workers
Please get all routine visits (primary care, dental and vision) by April 30. Health Care Benefits During Strikes shall be paid from the RLMRF. In strike situations where an employer cuts off health care benefits, CWA will pay for necessary medical/hospital expenses. In some extreme cases the Fund...
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/NewsUnemployment Insurance Information for Verizon Workers
Click here to download the flyer. General information about Unemployment Insurance and Strikes for the NYS Department of Labor Can I get Unemployment Insurance (UI) if I am out on strike?If you lose your job due to a labor dispute, such as a strike or other industrial controversy, you may be...
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NYS Unemployment Insurance
We have been working with the New York State Department of Labor on a plan to have members easily sign up for unemployment benefits (U.I.). They have provided the following link labor.ny.gov/verizonworkers and a fact sheet (below). Members should file a claim right away to see if they are...
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Verizon Media Update
Below you will find coverage of our strike against Verizon in the media and social networks with some video's and information you can share. We are very proud of all of you holding the lines and keeping up pressure at the Verizon Wireless stores. Good turnout at today's rally as well! Don't forget...
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/NewsVerizon Workers: 'Why I'm On Strike' "...they earned their profits with our blood, sweat and tears."
"We're on strike because we will do whatever it takes to create a better workplace for ourselves and those that follow. "We're standing together to make sure the needs of working families are met, instead of standing by as a handful of individuals get richer and richer. "We're standing together...
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/NewsGET THE FACTS: Verizon Tax Dodging The Statistics Don't Lie!
Verizon has attacked presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for misrepresenting its record of paying federal taxes. But Bernie's right, they're wrong. In fact, Verizon is one of the country's most aggressive corporate tax dodgers. Click here to get the facts.
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Regional Bargaining Report #51
The CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Committees met today at the Rye town Hilton. We informed the Company bargaining committee members that Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam had been out to a few picket lines talking to striking members. We advised them that McAdam made the...
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/NewsLIBN: CWA strike against Verizon is about more than money
This week the Communications Workers of America went on strike against Verizon. Every three years, management at the telecom giant forces their wireline call center and copper and fiber optic workforce to the brink of a work stoppage. If you know anyone who works at Verizon, I bet they are unhappy...
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/NewsStand up to Verizon
There are many ways you can show your solidarity with our Union Brothers and Sisters at CWA and IBEW by helping them in their fight against Verizon. SIGN THE PETITION FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU
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/NewsVerizon March and Rally NYC
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/NewsCWA and IBEW Set to Go On Strike at Verizon Wednesday, April 13, 6 a.m.
After ten months of intensive negotiations to reach a fair contract with Verizon, the CWA and IBEW have announced a strike deadline of 6 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13. We will set up picket lines and shut this company down if a fair agreement is not reached by then. Verizon made $39 billion in...
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"Verizon has left us no choice but to strike..."
Today CWA President Chris Shelton announced that we will be going on strike against Verizon beginning Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 6:00 a.m. I know how difficult that decision was to make but I believe Verizon has left us no choice but to strike them and continue this fight on the street. I have...
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Regional Bargaining Report #50
The CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Committees met yesterday at the Rye town Hilton. Last week during off the record discussions the Union laid out to the Company a path to a contract by addressing the Company’s critical needs. We also made it clear to them that in...
