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CWA District 1 NY/NE Summary of Tentative Agreement
District One Vice President Dennis Trainor is pleased to announce that CWA and the IBEW have reached a tentative agreement with Verizon on a three year extension of our current contract, which was scheduled to expire next August, 2023. The new agreement will expire on August 1, 2026. This is an...
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Tentative Agreement with Verizon Reached
Message from President Tom Benedetto The following is a message from Dennis G. Trainor, CWA District One Vice President: “CWA, IBEW and Verizon have reached an agreement in principle to extend the collective bargaining agreements for a three-year period. The current agreements are set to expire...
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“When Work Hard and Play Hard No Longer Works”
A Volunteer support group of 1104 members helping our Brothers/Sisters and ourselves. The group is for LOCAL 1104 MEMBERS ONLY YOU ARE NOT ALONE: Open discussions without judgment or penalty about Drugs, Alcohol, and the Workplace Led by Stephanie Wasserman-Siegel EAP/MAP an 1104 Member and...
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Virtual Broadband Town Hall
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1104 Meeting Tuesday
Local 1104 will be hosting a General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, March 8th The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM and will take place at the American Legion Post #1066 Hall, located at 66 Veterans Blvd, Massapequa, NY 11758. ( This is one block off the Massapequa Railroad station, on the north...
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Editorial: Government Must Hold the Reins on Broadband Expansion
The editorial below was written by Local 1104 Political Coordinator Nick Hoh for the Albany Times Union: Even before the pandemic, access to high-speed internet was crucial to getting ahead in the 21st-century economy. But as much of life moved remotely due to COVID-19, this need became even...
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Holiday Toy Drive
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CWA 1104 GSEU Joins Unions in Fight for a Living Wage
CWA 1104 GSEU was joined on Wednesday, November 17th, by our union brothers and sisters from other unions on campus as well as Laborers 66 and the Long Island Federation of Labor. Our GSEU unit is continuing to fight for living wages for their members while Laborers 66 and the Building Trades are...
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1104 Food Drive
Fellow Members, In the spirit of the holiday season, we are once again conducting our annual cash fund food drive to aid those less fortunate in Nassau County. Over the past twenty-nine years our efforts have become significant in assisting people who increasingly find it difficult to...
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CWA 1104 Scholarship Winners
CWA LOCAL 1104 - 2021 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP – 23 WINNERS CWA Local 1104 awarded twenty-two (23) scholarships. A total of $24,000 was given to the children and grandchildren of our members and retirees. We at Local 1104 hope this money will help in their pursuit of higher education and that they...
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Workers Memorial Day
Wednesday was Workers Memorial Day. On this day we remember everyone who died over the past year due to a workplace accident. This year's remembrance was different in that many more people are being remembered due to COVID-19. Please say a prayer for the countless people who not only died from...
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Health Assessment Credit
Verizon has also informed us that in order to receive the $100 Health Assessment Credit in 2021, employees will need to retake the Health Assessment, beginning on 9/1/2020. Employees will also have the additional option to complete one wellness activity between 9/1/20-12/1/20 instead of the...