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E-Activist Alert
Local 1106 News:
Farewell to Tommy O
The Executive Board of Local 1106 wants to wish congratulations and good luck to Inside Delegate Tom Occhiogrosso on his retirement.
Tom started with New York Telephone in 1966. Early on he became a Shop Steward, and then went on to become the District Steward for the Newtown/Corona inside district. He served on the Executive Board as a Delegate representing Inside crafts for 18 years. During that time Tom also served on the Training Advisory Committee for the National Union as well as representing 1106 on the Next Step Committee. He was one of the two trainers who prepared many of you for the UTP/SPV tests. He is to thank for many of your upgrades.
Tom also served on the Inside Safety Committee and was instrumental in the many successes of that committee. He was the co-editor of the quarterly Safety Newsletter, published through this committee, besides being the editor of the Local 1106 News Letter.
Tom was a committed Delegate and all those members who had the opportunity to work with him recognized his dedication. He will be sorely missed.
The entire Executive Board will feel his absence, as he could always be counted on. He will especially be missed by Inside Vice President Hondo DeStefano and Inside Delegate Eileen Flannery who worked closely with him for 18 and 15 years, respectively. They both know that Tom started and retired as a true union labor leader.
From the entire Executive Board, we wish Tom well in his retirement and feel grateful we had the opportunity to work with him.
Added: January 6th, 2012 11:24AM | 
1106 Speaks Out Against Verigreedy
On December14th approximately 200 Local 1106 members joined the CWA & Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee for a march & general assembly in Forest Hills, Queens. We met at the Verizon Multi-Lingual Center and Central Office on 70th Rd. We were lead by our District 1 Occupy Wall Street liaison, Amy Muldoon, who had contacted the NYPD Community Affairs liaison & arranged to close off the streets to traffic as we marched. We went up 70th Rd. to Austin St., passing the Verizon Wireless Store, down to Continental Ave., then back to the Verizon building.
The energy was high and positive. We chanted as we marched and carried signs identifying ourselves as part of the 99% and calling out to the Verigreedy Company for a fair contract. We were joined by a few members of Local 1105, several members of our sister unions TWU, Local 100 and, SEIU, Local 1199, as well as Occupy Wall Street activists . Even some pedestrians who identified with our cause picked up signs and marched right along with us. It was a powerful feeling to be part of this very important march. There was a strong sense of unity and purpose.
When we completed the march we assembled in front of the Verizon building, around the large rat, supplied to us by the Teamsters, Local 814. There, Amy conducted an "open mic" session, which allowed anyone who wished to speak to do so. Many of our members, including President Elect, Jerry Bulzomi, got up to speak their minds. Members of the other unions spoke, too, sharing stories of their own struggles and pledging their support to us. One of the most moving stories came from a member of CWA Local 1101 whose employment was recently terminated due to "strike related activities." He told us how afraid his family is for the future, but how he, himself, felt no fear while he attended our rally because it gave him hope.
Being part of events like this gives everyone there hope and a sense of empowerment. We are strong and we are right! We encourage all members to participate in any future events that are scheduled. We will keep the tape and our steward body updated with that information as it becomes available. We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to our Bargaining Teams to conduct mobilization activities. So, get involved! Get off the sidelines! And thank you to all of you who did participate.
Added: December 22nd, 2011 3:51PM |
Activism
Tired of the 1% shipping jobs offshore? Wish you could do something about it?
Thanks to Rep. Tim Bishop, you can.
Yesterday, your United States Representative, Tim Bishop, introduced a bill that would help good American call center jobs from being "off-shored" abroad by greedy corporations.
I believe that when our friends stand up for middle class American jobs, middle class Americans should stand with them.
Will you stand with Rep. Bishop? Click here (or copy and paste) to send him a message and then tell your friends.
www.cwa-union.org/StandWithRepBishop
The Call Center Bill would support American Workers and protect consumers by:
* No taxpayer cash for off-shorers: by creating a bad actor list that would stop companies that ship jobs abroad from getting Federal loans and grants and send them to the back of the line for government contracts.
* Give you the right to know: require call center agents to tell you where they are talking to you from.
* Give you the right to transfer to a US operator: so that when you don't want a foreign call center, you have the right to be transferred to a US-based operator.
Too many corporations have sent thousands of call center jobs in a race to the bottom that hurts American workers and consumers.
It's time for us to put pressure on US companies that send American jobs overseas. If you agree that we should be investing in American call center workers once again, then let Rep. Bishop know that you've got his back.
Added: December 16th, 2011 2:54PM |
"iWON'T" : UNIONS AND ALLIES TARGET NEW IPHONE AND TAX LOOPHOLES
CWA, IBEW, MoveOn.Org, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People’s Alliance Team Up for “Campaign to Save Middle Class”
WASHINGTON, DC – The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by allies including MoveOn.org, the AFL-CIO, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People’s Alliance announced today the next stage in the fight for middle-class jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.
The groups are launching the nationwide iWon't Campaign, asking Americans to delay upgrading to the new iPhone on Verizon Wireless until the company agrees to a fair contract with its workers. The campaign, which includes online outreach by MoveOn.org and other groups, advertising, grassroots outreach and leafleting at hundreds of Verizon Wireless stores, is timed around the launch of Apple’s new iPhone expected on Tuesday, October 4th.
“Throughout the strike, we heard messages of support from literally hundreds of thousands of Americans who are sick and tired of profitable companies like Verizon and Verizon Wireless showering millions on their CEOs while taking away good jobs,” said Chris Shelton, District 1 Vice-President of the Communications Workers of America. “Today, we are asking everyone who cares about the future of the middle class to help us fight back. Upgrade to the bew iPhone on Verizon Wireless only when the Verizon companies stop trying to downgrade their workers and give them a fair contract.”
“MoveOn.org's 5 million members are committed to fighting the corporate greed that is crushing the American Dream," said Justin Ruben, Executive Director of MoveOn.org. "Verizon and Verizon Wireless jump through hoops to avoid paying federal taxes, dole out millions to their top executives, and then have the audacity to cut back and ask their workers to pay the price. We are joining the iWont Campaign and asking consumers to get the new iPhone on Verizon only when Verizon and Verizon Wireless treat their employees with the respect and fairness they deserve.”
The coalition will also work to expose the “Verizon Tax Loopholes” – the tricks and tax dodges Verizon and Verizon Wireless use to pay nothing at all in federal corporate income taxes even as they make billions in profits, pay their top 5 executives hundreds of millions of dollars, and undermine the American Dream of good middle-class jobs. As Congress considers ways to close the deficit, the CWA and its partners will lead a grassroots campaign calling on lawmakers to force companies like Verizon to pay their fair share in federal taxes and respect workers’ rights.
“Why should Verizon and Verizon Wireless – which make billions of dollar a year – pay less in taxes than America’s small businesses and working families?” said Ed Mooney, District 2-13 Vice-President of the Communications Workers of America. “And why should the American public subsidize Verizon’s attack on the middle class with billions in tax rebates? As Congress considers drastic cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and hundreds of programs that the country depends on, we think Verizon and Verizon Wireless’ tax breaks should get a second look.”
Since August, 45,000 Verizon and Verizon Wireless workers have been fighting to protect their health care coverage and other standard employee benefits against company demands for massive takebacks that threaten tens of thousands of middle class families.
Added: October 22nd, 2011 9:11AM |
Avaya Collective Bargarining Agreement Reached
To: All T&T Locals and Staff
I am pleased to announce that CWA and Avaya have reached an agreement to extend the current Collective Bargaining Agreement until June 7, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.
Working closely with the elected bargaining team, Richie Meringolo (CWA Local 1101) and Kevin Kimber (CWA Local 6016), we were able to negotiate that all provisions of the 2009 CBA remain in effect. In addition, wage schedule increases are scheduled as follows:
2% on June 10, 2012
1.9 % on June 9, 2013
The extension will keep the current health care benefit package for active employees and retirees in tact with NO premiums or additional costs. In today’s economy this is a major accomplishment and the bargaining team should be applauded for a job well done.
In Unity,
Bill Bates
Assistant to VP/Telecommunications Director
Added: October 16th, 2011 8:10AM |
We mourn the loss of Doug Lalima
CWA Local 1109 mourns the loss of one of our members. Brother Doug Lalima perished in a freak accident on the job. While working aloft, Doug came in contact with an electrical line, and was electrocuted. Doug worked at Verizon as a lineman for fifteen years, the last eight at Ave H.
He was only 37 years old. Doug was an extremely hard worker and a great friend to those who were lucky enough to know him. Doug had an infectious smile and his co-workers loved working with him. They said it best when they told us “When you were teamed up with Doug you knew it was going to be a great day. It didn’t feel like work when you were with him. The day would go by so fast.”
Off the job Doug was a loving husband to his wife Vienna and devoted father to his four daughters Victoria 12, Olivia 10, Sophia 6, and Julia 3. Doug grew up in Marine Park and moved to Staten Island after he got married. His daughters were his life. He loved to talk about his girls, and watching them at their cheerleading competitions. Doug cherished every day with his family and couldn’t wait to get home to them. He always had a smile on his face when talking about them.
What happened to Doug could have happened to any one of us on any given day. Local 1109 has received many phone calls from members, unions, and other community organizations asking how they can help or where can they make a donation. They are in the process of working out details and as soon as they finalize them they will make them public. This will probably take a week to set up.
In the mean time please keep the Lalima family in your prayers.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Saturday, Sept. 17 & Sunday, Sept. 18
2-4pm and 7-9pm
Bedell Funeral Home
7447 Amboy Road Staten Island, NY 10307
Funeral Mass:
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
5371 Amboy Road Staten Island
Added: September 16th, 2011 1:15PM |
Ten Years Later: CWA Remembers Our Loses
Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we remember the CWA heroes: those who perished in the terrorist attacks and those who stood together to get America working again.
This CWA video reflects on the great loss of our CWA, NABET-CWA and AFA-CWA members who were on the job at the Pentagon, at the Port Authority in New York, on top of the twin towers manning TV transmitters and in the skies when they lost their lives.
It also shows our great pride in the efforts of so many ordinary people, including thousands of CWA members, who stood together and became real heroes.
CWA operators took calls from workers in the twin towers and passengers on the doomed planes and relayed those messages to loved ones. CWA nurses and other volunteers cared for injured victims of the attacks in hospitals and makeshift centers. CWA Verizon and other telecom members worked around the clock to get New York and Wall Street connected again to the world, and in just one week, built a telecommunications system from the ground up for 3,000 Pentagon workers relocated after the attack.
On this 10th anniversary, we honor our CWA heroes and remembers those who lost their lives much too soon.
In Unity,
Larry Cohen
President
Added: September 11th, 2011 1:52PM |
RETURN TO WORK AGREEMENT
Click to view PDF: ReturntoWorkAgreement-8-19-11.pdf
Added: August 20th, 2011 1:04PM |
IMPROTANT STRIKE UPDATE - MORE DETAILS ON RETURN TO WORK TO FOLLOW
CWA, IBEW Reach Agreement on Bargaining with Verizon
Members to Return to Work Tuesday, August 23
Following is a statement by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers:
For release 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period.
We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed.
We appreciate the unity of our members and the support of so many in the greater community. Now we will focus on bargaining fairly and moving forward.
CWA and IBEW represent 45,000 workers at Verizon covered by this contract from Virginia to New England.
Added: August 20th, 2011 12:50PM |
IMPORTANT COBRA & MEDICAL EXPENSE INFORMATION & FORMS ON LEFT TAB
Added: August 19th, 2011 12:39PM |
Candlelight Vigil at Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam's Home Thursday, 8/18, 7 p.m.
Join striking Verizon workers for a candlelight vigil at the home of Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam's Home on Thursday, August 18 at 7:00 p.m. We will be mourning the death of good, middle class jobs in New Jersey at the hands of Verizon corporate greed. Verizon made $22.5 billion in profits over the past four and a half years and has paid its top five CEOs $258 million in the past four years, but despite these times of lavish profit, the company wants $1 billion in concessions from its 45,000 unionized workers and wants to eliminate contract provisions protecting workers from outsourcing.
The vigil will be from 7:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m. in Mendham, NJ. There will be buses leaving from:
Newark: 30 Clinton St, 5:30 p.m.
Livingston: 280 W Mt. Pleasant Ave, 6:00 p.m.
Hamilton: Hamilton Marketplace in front of BJ's, 900 Marketplace Blvd, 5:00 p.m.
Please call your local or the CWA District 1 office at 609-278-6588 to reserve a seat on a bus.
If you are driving to Mendham from NYS, there will be a shuttle service to and from the event, running between 6:15 and 7:00 p.m. To use this service, please meet in the parking lot of Kings Supermarket, located at 86 East Main Street in Mendham. There's no parking around his house - it's rich people back country-ish roads.
There's is also a link with info here:
http://cwanj.org/content/2011/08/join-us-candlelight-vigil-verizon-ceo-lowell-mcadams-home-thursday-818-7-pm
Added: August 17th, 2011 7:37PM |
"REGRETTABLE" Managers Rush to Earn Blood Money in New York & New Jersey
In a press release regarding CWA & IBEW's strike against Verizon , Mark C. Reed, Verizon's executive vice president of human resources, called the outcome of the unions' actions "regrettable" for customers and employees.
Hey Mark, reckless and criminal actions by your managers is what we call "'REGRETTABLE".....for Verizon !
Added: August 9th, 2011 6:49AM |
CWA Press Release
45,000 Workers on Strike at Verizon
Company Refuses to Bargain Seriously,
Verizon Proposals Would Take Workers Back Decades
Washington, D.C. -- More than 45,000 workers are on strike today at Verizon Communications. Bargaining continues. Since bargaining began on July 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.
As a result, CWA and IBEW have decided to take the unprecedented step of striking until stops its Wisconsin-style tactics and start bargaining seriously.
Even at the 11th hour, as contracts were set to expire, Verizon continued to seek to strip away 50 years of collective bargaining gains for middle class workers and their families.
CWA and IBEW members are prepared to return to work when management demonstrates the willingness to begin bargaining seriously for a fair agreement. If not, CWA and IBEW members and allies will continue the fight.
Verizon financials
• 2011 annualized revenues are $108 billion and annualized net profits are $6 billion.
• Verizon Wireless just paid its parent company and Vodaphone a $10 billion dividend.
• Verizon’s top five executives received compensation of $258 million over the past four years.
The contract covers 45,000 members of CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from New England to Virginia.
Added: August 7th, 2011 4:26PM |
NY STATE UNEMPLOYMENT
In the event of a strike file your claim during your first week of total or partial unemployment with NY State Unemployment.
If you wait, you may lose benefits. You can go to the NYS Unemploment Insurance tab on the left hand side of this page for preliminary information about filing a claim or go to NYS Unemployment link on the right hand side of this page to automatically be linked to NY Department of Labor website for more detailed information.
Added: August 2nd, 2011 10:22AM |
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS !!!
Price for parking at West Street....$22.00......the price for a subway fare to get to West Street ....$2.50..........the price for LIRR ticket .....$4.50............the Sea of Solidarity.........PRICELESS!
“In all my years negotiating a contact, I’ve never seen the kind of crap that Verizon has put on the table,” said CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton, who invited the CWA and IBEW bargaining committees to the stage. “What they want to do,” he said, holding up the current contract and tearing out pages one by one, “is to throw away 60 years of bargaining."
“We’re not going to let it happen!” he thundered, and the crowd roared its approval. “What they really want to do is to bust your union. They want to gut the middle class and they’re starting with you. Are we going to allow that to happen?”
The crowd response was a deafening “No!” A chant rose up with an epithet to describe Verizon’s proposals and the attitude of the corporate executives who are raking in millions in compensation—$55,000 a day for CEO Ivan Seidenberg—while demanding concessions from workers who have made the company a success. “Bullshit” became a constant refrain.
The rally drew a number of local and area political supporters, including Christine Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council, who exhorted the crowd to “fight to keep your benefits. Verizon is a very profitable corporation, and it’s YOU who have made them profitable.”
New York State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries had the crowd rocking by calling Verizon executives out, vowing to ensure that regulators keep Verizon’s feet to the fire. “The Public Service Commission has jurisdiction over Verizon because it deals in a public service,” he said. “But it is you who create that service, not the corporate executives in that building. They must be held accountable.”
Other speakers included CWA Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hill, New York State AFL-CIO President Dennis Hughes, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, State Senator Diane Savino (formerly of AFSCME DC-37), SEIU 32B-J Secretary-Treasurer Hector Figueroa, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Assemblyman Peter Abbate, and Councilman Vincent Gentile.
Added: August 1st, 2011 8:24PM |
Bargaining Report - Wednesday, July 20, 2011
CWA District 1, IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Local and Regional Bargaining Committees resumed negotiations with Verizon at the Ryetown Hilton in Rye, NY today.
President Tony Caudullo advises us that while the Unions received some answers to questions that were raised at previous sessions, they are still waiting for additional responses. The Company has not yet responded to any of the Unions bargaining proposals. Local Bargaining tables continued to meet throughout the day and into this evening. Discussions at all tables will resume tomorrow.
Plans continue for the July 30, 2011 rally at Verizon Headquarters at 140 West St in NY City. The Rally will begin at 11 AM. Local 1106 members and retirees are asked to meet at the corner of Church and Barclay streests at 10:30 in order to march to the rally point together.
All members and retirees will join together to fight Verizon’s attack on our wages, benefits and working conditions. Every member from every Local should bring their families with them to help send our message to Verizon. We heard that some of our CWA Locals in California will also be sending members to this rally.
Let’s Rock NY City Again in 2011
Now more than ever we need to mobilize!
Mobilize! - Mobilize! - Mobilize!
Added: July 20th, 2011 8:57PM |
Bargaining Report # 8 - Monday July 18, 2011
Bargaining resumed yesterday, in Rye Town, New York.
After meeting with Verizon locals from around the country to gather support for our fight against corporate greed, your CWA District 1, IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Local and Regional Bargaining Committees resumed negotiations with Verizon at the Rye town Hilton in Rye, NY today.
President Tony Caudullo has advised us that the union teams presented proposals covering numerous issues ranging from work rules to benefits and compensation some that included improvements to wages, vacation, and holidays, a cost of living clause, improvements to the stock option plan, additional holidays, improving the survivor option benefit, making all EWD days short notice days, extending family members to the death benefit language, increased funds contributed for Work and Family initiatives, creating a Domestic Violence leave, to name a few.
All locals are preparing for the July 30, 2011 rally at Verizon Headquarters at 140 West St in NY City. Members from all areas of the Verizon footprint will be joining us in the fight to protect our wages, benefits and working conditions. Every member from every Local should be at this Rally to send a message to Verizon.
Let’s Rock NY City Again in 2011
Now more than ever we need to mobilize!
Added: July 19th, 2011 11:41AM |
In Unity, there is Strength
Bargaining to Resume on July 18, 2011
In the meantime, all of the locals will be conducting a strike vote to authorize the National Union to call a strike against Verizon if that is what is ultimately necessary. The voting for members of Local 1106 will take place on Tuesday, July 19, at the union office from the hours of 7 am – 8 pm.
There will be a mass rally on Saturday, July 30 at 11 am at 140 West Street, in New York City. All 1106 members and retirees are asked to meet at the corner of Church and Barclay Streets at 10 a.m. so we can march to the rally point together.
Thousands of CWA & IBEW members will converge on Verizon‘s headquarters one week prior to the contract expiration. Our union brothers and sisters will be coming from the entire Verizon East footprint from New England to Virginia.
In unity, their is strength, in division.....there is certain defeat. Stay unfied, stay mobilized and stay enraged at the greed shown at the bargaining tables by this profitable corporation.
Added: July 15th, 2011 3:49PM |
Verizon to Pay $20 Million to Settle Nationwide EEOC Disability Suit
Largest ADA Settlement in EEOC History for Hundreds of Employees
Terminated or Disciplined Based on Rigid Attendance Policy
BALTIMORE – Telecommunications giant Verizon Communications will pay $20 million and provide significant equitable relief to resolve a nationwide class disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The suit, filed against 24 named subsidiaries of Verizon Communications, said the company unlawfully denied reasonable accommodations to hundreds of employees and disciplined and/or fired them pursuant to Verizon’s “no fault” attendance plans.
The consent decree settling the suit, which is pending judicial approval, represents the largest disability discrimination settlement in a single lawsuit in EEOC history. The EEOC charged that Verizon violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to make exceptions to its “no fault” attendance plans to accommodate employees with disabilities. Under the challenged attendance plans, if an employee accumulated a designated number of “chargeable absences,” Verizon placed the employee on a disciplinary step which could ultimately result in more serious disciplinary consequences, including termination.
The EEOC asserted that Verizon failed to provide reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as making an exception to its attendance plans for individuals whose “chargeable absences” were caused by their disabilities. Instead, the EEOC said, the company disciplined or terminated employees who needed such accommodations.
The ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability. The law also requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation, such as paid or unpaid leave, to an employee with a disability, unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer.
“Flexibility on leave can enable a worker with a disability to remain employed and productive -- a win for the worker, the employer and the economy,” said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien. “By contrast, an inflexible leave policy may deny workers with disabilities a reasonable accommodation to which they’re entitled by law – with devastating effects.” Chair Berrien presided over a Commission meeting earlier this month on leave as a reasonable accommodation.
"I am pleased the parties were able to resolve this historic case without resorting to prolonged and expensive litigation," said EEOC General Counsel P. David Lopez. "Hopefully this nationwide decree will further public awareness of the importance of engaging in an individualized interactive process to determine whether a disabled employee must be accommodated under the ADA."
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Civil Action No. 1-11-cv-01832-JKB, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC filed its lawsuit and the proposed consent decree resolving the suit on the same day. The consent decree resolves the EEOC’s lawsuit, an EEOC Commissioner charge, a charge filed by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and over 40 individual charges filed with the EEOC. The investigation involved coordinated systemic efforts by EEOC’s Baltimore Field Office and Newark Area Office.
“This settlement demonstrates the need for employers to have attendance policies which take into account the need for paid or unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities,” said Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., Director of the EEOC’s Philadelphia District Office, which oversees Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and parts of New Jersey and Ohio.
In addition to the $20 million in monetary relief, the three-year decree includes injunctions against engaging in any discrimination or retaliation based on disability, and requires the company to revise its attendance plans, policies and ADA policy to include reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, including excusing certain absences. Verizon will provide mandatory periodic training on the ADA to employees primarily responsible for administering Verizon’s attendance plans. The company will report to the EEOC about all employee complaints of disability discrimination relating to the attendance policy and about Verizon’s compliance with the consent decree. The company also agreed to post a notice about the settlement. Finally, Verizon will appoint an internal consent decree monitor to ensure its compliance. The settlement applies to certain Verizon wireline operations nationwide which employ union-represented employees.
Added: July 15th, 2011 4:12PM |
Bargaining Report # 5
Wednesday June 29, 2011
CWA District 1 / IBEW Local 2213 Regional and Local Bargaining Teams as well as the IBEW New England Committees met with the Company today at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY. CWA Districts 2, & 13 and the IBEW Locals 827 and 1944 Regional Bargaining Teams met with the Company today In Philadelphia. 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.
Verizon wants to:
Wages:
• Wages - both annual and progression increases will be tied to your yearly evaluation. If you receive a “Does Not Meet Position Requirements” you will not receive an increase.
• Eliminate Night and Saturday Differential
• Eliminate Sunday premium pay.
• Eliminate Double Time for hours worked past 49 in a week
• Eliminate all Overtime Caps.
• Eliminate city allowances.
• Create new job titles for the consumer and business call centers that would work on a commission based wage schedule.
Pensions:
• Eliminate pension accruals. For anyone currently on the payroll your pension will be frozen as of December 31, 2011 and after that, there will be no more pension plan.
• Eliminate the Pension Cash-Out option.
• Modify the 401(k) Plan and the CPS.
• Eliminate the Sickness Death Benefit.
Benefits:
• Eliminate the current health care, prescription, dental, and vision plans and offer plans with high deductibles and contributions.
• Eliminate accident disability benefits.
• Cut in half the sickness disability benefits.
• Reduce sick time pay to 5 days per year for those members with 20 or more years, 4 days for those with 15 - 20 years, 3 days for those with 7- 15 years, 2 days for those with 2 – 7 years and 0 days for those with less than 2 years.
• Reduce Paid Holidays to seven.
Job Security:
• Eliminate the Job Security Provisions for all employees.
• Eliminate the Movement of Work Protection
• Eliminate the 35 mile transfer provision
• Eliminate provisions in Force Adjustment Plan
• Eliminate New Contracting Initiatives agreement – which would allow them to increase the level of contracting
Other:
• Eliminate the Next Step Program
• Eliminate the half day on Christmas Eve
• Reduce the notice to the Union on Major technological changes from 6 months to 30 days
• Eliminate the Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund
This is not a Company facing a financial crisis. They are extremely profitable. This is not a Company coming to its union employees seeking ways to work together to face the challenges of the future. Their proposals seek to destroy our future.
We need to send a very clear message that this is not acceptable, that we will not be passive as they seek to gut our contract.
Districts 1, 2, and 13 as well as the
IBEW in New York, New England,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania stand unified and ready to fight
We stand unified and ready to fight for your Wages,
Benefits, and Working Conditions.
We stand unified and ready to fight for the middle class standard of living that you have earned
and rightfully deserve to keep.
Now more than ever we need to mobilize!
Mobilize! - Mobilize! - Mobilize!
Added: June 30th, 2011 8:29AM |
Bargaining Report # 4
Tuesday June 28, 2011
CWA District 1 / IBEW Local 2213 Regional and Local Bargaining Teams as well as the IBEW New England Committees met with the Company today. At the Regional table we discussed the benefit proposal which was passed last week. Some of the retrogressive proposals are:
• The Company has proposed to terminate the major health benefit plans that CWA has negotiated over decades.
• The company is demanding premium contributions for both the medical plan and the dental plan.
• In the first year, the medical plan premiums for a single employee would range from $390 a year to $1,420 a year, depending on the plan they choose.
• For a family, the medical plan premium would range from $1,380 a year to $3,810 a year, depending on the plan they choose.
• Premiums would increase in each year after that.
• The company wants to impose premiums for retirees as well. For pre-Medicare retirees, a single retiree could pay somewhere between $290 and $1,320 depending on they plan they choose. A pre-Medicare retiree with a family could pay between $1,280 and $3,710 depending on the plan they choose.
• Medicare retirees could pay between $145 and $960 a year depending on the plan they enroll in if they are single, and between $640 and $2,155 a year depending on the plan they choose.
• Premiums for the dental plan would be up to $185 per year for a single employee and up to $435 per year for a family, depending on the plan they choose.
• Retirees would also have to pay for dental coverage, the same rates as active employees.
• The most drastic changes are proposed in the medical plan. The company proposed to eliminate the PPOs and network plans that have been in place for decades and replace them with high deductible health plans.
• Before the plan would begin to pay any benefits, a single employee would have to pay $1,000 and a family would have to pay $3,000.
In other words, the company is proposing to shift thousands of dollars in health costs to our members, without offering any improvements in health care quality or any support for our members to navigate the health care system. They are saying “You’re On Your Own” to our members and their families who need quality, affordable health care.
Now more than ever we need to mobilize
Mobilize - Mobilize - Mobilize
Added: June 28th, 2011 7:27PM |
Bargaining Report # 3
Friday June 24, 2011
CWA District 1 / IBEW Local 2213 Regional and Local Bargaining Teams as well as the IBEW New England Committees met with the Company today. At the Regional table the Company gave us a proposal on Health Benefits. Verizon management had made it clear in their opening remarks on Wednesday that their goal in this round of bargaining was to erode our standard of living and the many hard fought for gains we have made through our more than sixty years of contract negotiations.
The Company proposed today to replace the MEP HCPPO and the HCN plan with two inferior plans and to vastly increase deductibles, out of pocket maximums and to add employee contributions. This proposal would also add considerable cost to retirees by implementing this plan. Retirees would begin paying annual contributions as well as paying more for their benefits with higher deductibles and higher out of pocket maximums.
The committee spent the day discussing these new plans with the company and will evaluate the plans over the weekend. The Company seems intent on making the plans so expensive that no one will be able to afford to use them.
We have told the company that we are prepared to work with them to help them cut cost with the Health Benefits but we are not prepared to shift the cost of those benefits to our members. We fought too hard for these plans, these benefits and our members and their employees deserve the best health care coverage from a company that is extremely profitable.
We have recessed for the weekend and will reconvene with the Regional Bargaining Committee on Tuesday. Most of the Local committees will be reconvening on Monday.
Mobilize – Mobilize - Mobilize
Added: June 27th, 2011 4:08PM |
Bargaining Report # 2
Thursday June 23, 2011
Regional and Local Bargaining Teams met with the Company today. At the Regional table the Company gave a presentation about health care which lasted all day.
We have analyzed the Company’s lengthy opening statement from yesterday’s meeting which basically followed the theme of your wages are too high, your health benefits cost too much, you use your health benefits too frequently, you are out sick too much and your work rules are too costly.
If you read the Union’s opening statement you can see that we took the high road and offered to help the Company solve problems as long as the member’s livelihoods were not harmed.
Well it appears that Verizon believe that you are their enemy instead of the dedicated hard working work force that we know you are. This company is trying to take back everything that we have fought for and worked for over half a century.
We are not ready to go backwards we are not ready to give up our standard of living. We all must stand together and if it’s a fight they want it’s a fight they’ll get.
The Union will be asking you to mobilize, to take action. We need every member involved. This fight cannot be left to someone else. Every member must participate. Stay in touch with your Local for further updates and instructions.
Added: June 24th, 2011 10:35AM |
Bargaining Report # 1
Wednesday June 22, 2011
CWA Districts 1,2, and 13 as well as IBEW New York (NY), New England (NE)and New Jersey (NJ) opened negotiations with Verizon today. CWA District 1 and IBEW NY and NE are negotiating for new contracts at the Rye Town Hilton in Westchester County. CWA Districts 2, 13 as well as IBEW NJ are negotiating for new contracts in Philadelphia.
Chris Shelton, Vice President District1 gave an opening statement to the Companyat the regional Bargaining table in NY. Chris closed his statement by stating, “We need to be able to grow with Verizon. The Company cannot keep claiming surplus after surplus while hiring more contractors every day. It is not fair to your employees to tell them there are too many of them but yet you need contractors to do their work. It is not even good business to do this. We know that Verizon has an ideology of union avoidance and that shrinking the Union workforce is a priority. When ideology flies in the face of good business sense sooner or later the business and the stockholders suffer.
Our members are not only loyal to the Union they are loyal to Verizon as well. They want to see Verizon succeed, they work hard every day and have for the last half century to see Verizon and its predecessors succeed. However, Verizon’s success should not be, cannot be, at their expense.
So we come here today to negotiate a contract that is fair to the Company, one that protects good Union jobs and that gives our membership the opportunity to grow along with the Company(See attached statement).
The Regional Bargaining Committee also discussed logistics and a tentative schedule. Bargaining has adjourned for the day and is scheduled to resume tomorrow Thursday, June 23rd and it is expected that the Company will provide a benefit presentation to the Union. All Local Bargaining will also begin tomorrow.
There will be a rally at the Rye Town Hilton tomorrow at 5:30 PM.
Added: June 24th, 2011 10:37AM |
Chris Sheton's Opening Statement
Verizon Bargaining
Opening Statement Vice President, CWA District One
June 22, 2011
The Unions are here today to start the process of negotiating a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Our Unions have negotiated contracts with Verizon, Bell Atlantic and their predecessors since before any of us started working here. During the last 50 years, we worked together to solve problems, to address one another’s needs at the bargaining table, to deliver quality service to customers and build a strong company.
And we have changed together as well. Our members have never stood in the way of technological change. Our union has always advocated efforts to insure that our members worked to stay abreast of the ever changing telecommunications industry.
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg should know better than almost anyone that it was our members who did the work to make the profits which gave this Company the ability to grow and to expand into the businesses that it now includes. I say this because Ivan has the unique perspective for a CEO that he started out as one of us.
But in recent years, this company has turned its back on its employees. This company that we built together has taken its profits and headed off in new directions, to new products and technologies, and left behind the very workers that are responsible for its success.
Since 2005 Verizon has cut 80,000 wireline jobs from its rolls through access line sales, segment spin-offs, layoffs, attrition and retirements. In the same time period, Verizon Wireless has added 23,000 jobs.
Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE in 2000, CWA and the IBEW represented 69% of Bell Atlantic employees. After the merger, 53% of the new Verizon Company was union-represented employees. Now we have dropped to only 35%.
We know that the industry is changing in a fundamental way and that the consumer side of the wireline business is in decline. While wireless subscribers continue to grow in number.
But we also know, in spite of what we hear from Mr. Seidenberg and the commercials for Verizon Wireless, that wireless service is not limitless. And without a quality wired network, there can be no reliable wireless phone service, no wireless data network, and no limitless world of communications.
We need to be able to grow with Verizon. The Company cannot keep claiming surplus after surplus while hiring more contractors every day. It is not fair to your employees to tell them there are too many of them but yet you need contractors to do their work. It is not even good business to do this. We know that Verizon has an ideology of union avoidance and that shrinking the Union workforce is a priority. When ideology flies in the face of good business sense sooner or later the business and the stockholders suffer.
Our members are not only loyal to the Union they are loyal to Verizon as well. They want to see Verizon succeed, they work hard every day and have for the last half century to see Verizon and its predecessors succeed. However, Verizon’s success should not be, cannot be, at their expense.
So we come here today to negotiate a contract that is fair to the Company, one that protects good Union jobs and that gives our membership the opportunity to grow along with the Company. Both the Company and the Union have an opportunity here to change the dynamic. An adversarial stance serves neither the members of our Union or Verizon and its shareholders. We must come to an agreement that is fair to both sides.
Added: June 24th, 2011 12:33PM |
Company's Opening Statement
Click to view PDF: Company OpeningStatement.pdf
Added: June 24th, 2011 8:23PM |
Bargaining Opens June 22, 2011
GOOD UNION JOBS are the foundation for everything we want: A good standard of living, fair working conditions, and security.
The wages and health care, pension, and other benefits we have now weren’t “given” to us by “generous” management. Generations of CWA members fought to build our power and to win, piece by piece, what we have.
WHAT VERIZON WANTS is to attack our power by massive cuts to union jobs. Their logic is simple:
Shrink union jobs, limit union power to bargain, then slash union wages and benefits.
FIGHTING BACK takes all of us. Our mobilization is what gives our bargaining committees strength at the table.
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!
Added: June 24th, 2011 12:29PM |
ANOTHER MONTH OF DCRF REIMBURSEMENT !
Several weeks ago, all current participants of the Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund were advised that funding for the remainder of the 2011 year had been exhausted and reimbursement for April 2011 was to be the final payout.
We have just been advised by the Regional Verizon/CWA –IBEW 2213 Work Family Committee that they have reevaluated the funds available for work and family initiatives and are pleased to announce that existing dependent care reimbursement fund enrollees may apply for one more month of DCRF reimbursement, which would be for May 2011.
Please ensure your completed reimbursement forms are postmarked and mailed to the fund administrator, Beverly Steele, at 120 Hicksville Road, Room 200A, Massapequa, NY 11758, NO LATER THAN JUNE 10, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact the union office.
Added: June 6th, 2011 3:32PM |
Take The Verizon Bargaining Survey
District 1 is encouraging every member to take a few minutes and fill out the Verizon Bargaining survey.
Each member will be required to fill out certain contact information before proceeding to the survey. These requirements were put in place in order to eliminate the potential of duplicate surveys as well as to prevent non-members from taking the survey.
It also gives the National Union the ability to send a separate report to each Local if they would like to see the results from their Local.
You can go directly to the survey by using the following link:
http://district1.cwa-union.org/pages/2011_verizon_bargaining_survey
Added: May 10th, 2011 3:19PM |
Verizon Reaches 1 Million Fios Customers in the Northeast Footprint
WELL.......THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR WAGES AND MEDICAL COVERAGE!
Added: May 24th, 2011 12:10PM |
RALLY, THURSDAY MAY 12
Good Jobs at Verizon! Make Wall Street Banks Pay! Tax Millionaires!
Protect Public Services! No Contracting out our Jobs!
On May 12th, CWA members will join thousands of our sisters and brothers from other
unions and community organizations, to send a message to Wall Street banks, Bloomberg and Verizon.
Wear CWA Red!
Assemble: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Meet on Broad Street between Pearl Street and Water Street, on the East side of the
street. We will be in front of Fraunces Tavern (located at 54 Pearl Street). We will be
across from the Verizon building.
March to Wall Street and Teach-ins: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
We will march up Water Street to Wall Street. As we go up Water Street, there will be a
“University-in-the-Streets” of teach-ins along the way. Other marches organized by
other unions, students, and community organizations will also converge on Wall Street
from several different assembly areas around Wall Street. There will be several thousand of us!
Leave: 6:00pm
This protest will not have a central rally point: Wall Street isn’t big enough to hold all of
us. Instead, we will march through Wall Street. Along the way, we will be educating our
brothers and sisters on the issues that matter to CWA members!
Added: May 9th, 2011 10:56AM |
Collecting Verizon Proxies
Voting your proxy gives you the chance to let Verizon’s Board of Directors know if you think the company’s headed in the right direction.
Use your proxy to send a message to Verizon
CWA recommends the following votes:
Item 1 Recommendation: AGAINST all directors
Item 2 No recommendation
Item 3 Recommendation: AGAINST
Item 4 Recommendation: FOR Option 1
Items 5-8 Recommendation: FOR
To have the union deliver your proxy to Verizon
1.Vote your proxy by placing an “X” in the For, Against, or Abstain box for each proposal. 2.Sign and date the card where indicated.
3.Bring back the proxy card and the return envelope to the local by April 27th.
CWA members will deliver your proxy to Verizon’s annual meeting in Indianapolis on May 5th, 2011.
Note: You cannot vote online or by phone if you want the union to deliver your proxy. If you receive your proxy by e-mail and want to vote on a paper ballot, call 800-631-2355 and ask to have a copy mailed to you. You’ll need to request it 7-10 days in advance.
CWA will be collecting and delivering voted proxies to the company. CWA is not asking for discretionary authority to vote proxies on behalf of its members. Please make sure you vote and sign your proxy.
Added: April 13th, 2011 1:00PM |
A Call To Action: Why April 4 Matters
Forty-three years ago, in Memphis, a long struggle for human rights and human dignity ended in the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but it brought economic justice and the respect that all people deserve to 1,300 city sanitation workers.
In February 1968, 1,300 city sanitation workers, all African-Americans, decided the city’s mistreatment and racism had to end. For two months, they walked the picket line, held sit-ins at City Hall and stood together for their human dignity and human rights. “I am a Man,” entitled to the same dignity and courtesy that all people deserve, was their message.
Dr. King had been to Memphis and marched with the workers earlier, along with other civil rights, religious and union activists. And at one point, it seemed as though the City Council was ready to recognize their union and finally bargain a real contract. But that was a lie.
On April 3, Dr. King again joined workers and their supporters, ready to march the next day. That evening, he delivered a speech to 7,500 people at Mason Temple that so eloquently spoke of the right to human dignity, and that sadly, predicted King’s own death.
“Now we’re going to march again and we’ve got to march again, in order to put the issue where it is supposed to be. And force everybody to see that there are 1,300 of God’s children here suffering, sometimes going hungry, going through dark and dreary nights wondering how this thing is going to come out. That’s the issue. And we’ve got to say to the nation: we know it’s coming out. For when people get caught up with that which is right, and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.”
He ended with this:
“I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life…But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve send the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”
King was assassinated on April 4.
That’s why on April 4 this year we will stand together across this country for those same human rights and human dignity for working men and women. We will remember the courage and determination of Dr. King and those 1,300 workers who endured assault and arrest as they walked a picket line for two months, as we stand with public workers whose bargaining rights are under attack, with private workers who can’t get bargaining rights, and against those politicians and their allies who want to silence our political voice.
We won’t be silenced.
The Memphis sanitation workers’ demands were dignity and respect a living wage and the right to have a union. Today, working people still look to these basic human rights. In state after state, we have seen an assault on public workers and a demand by an unfair government to strip workers of their rights. We see private sector workers harassed and fired when they pursue bargaining rights. We see governments eager to do the bidding of wealthy campaign contributors and to weaken the voice of millions of working and middle class families.
The fight for dignity and workers rights that began this year in Wisconsin and spread to Ohio, New Jersey, Missouri, New Hampshire and so many other states goes on. We honor Dr. King with our determination to stay in the struggle to the end. Across the nation, on April 4, 2011, at community vigils, teach-ins, public rallies, workplace demonstrations and other events, we will stand together, and unite and win.
Added: April 13th, 2011 10:57AM |
What Can I Do Now?
Planning for April 4 events is essential, but there are other ways you can support the workers' rights battle immediately, no matter where you live.
"The current epicenters of the battle may be in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Florida and other states, but that does not mean that this is any less of a fight in Washington, Denver, Oklahoma," said CWA Public Sector Vice President Brooks Sunkett, speaking on CWA's nationwide phone call Wednesday.
"I am asking each of you, before you leave this call tonight, to make up your mind to commit to doing something right there were you are, where you live, to fight this battle on your turf," Sunkett said.
Here are three ways you can get involved now.
•Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. A tool kit to guide you through writing a letter is available on CWA's website. Click here or go to www.cwa-union.org.
•All CWA locals should find and publicize a "Poster Public Worker," a real public worker in your local community who will set the record straight about pay and benefits and debunk the myths about public workers. Click here for an example called "Letter from a Librarian."
•Start conversations with family, friends and other about what is really happening in Wisconsin, New Jersey and the other states in the news.
The best education comes from one-on-one conversations.
Added: March 7th, 2011 3:11PM |
Safety Pendants for Elderly and Disabled Family Members
New Work and Family Initiative
Enrollment Guidelines
This is a pilot program, eligibility for enrollment ends when allocated funds are depleted. All employees will be eligible on a first come first serve basis. Employees can enroll at any time during the 2010-year. Members who are interested in participating in the program should download the Pendant Enrollment Application from this site or visit www.regionalwfrc.com.
Added: December 16th, 2010 12:38PM |
CWA Joseph Beirne Foundatuion Annual Scholarship 2011-2012
The Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved the awarding of fifteen (15) partial college scholarships of up to $3,000 each. The winners also will receive second-year scholarships for the same amount, contingent upon satisfactory academic achievement. Eligible for the scholarships are CWA members, their spouses, children and grandchildren, including the dependents of retired, laid-off, or deceased members. Applicants must be high school graduates or high school students who will graduate during the year in which they apply. Undergraduate and graduate students returning to school may also apply. Applications will be available solely online for completion and submission to the Foundation’s website: http://www.cwa-union.org/members/beirne/. Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2011. The winners will be chosen by lottery from those submitting the required essay.
Added: March 10th, 2011 2:30PM |
GREAT NEWS – The Verizon/CWA/IBEW 2213 Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund has been reinstated.
GREAT NEWS – The Verizon/CWA/IBEW 2213 Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund has been reinstated effective week ending September 4, 2010.
As required by the collective bargaining agreements between Verizon and CWA and IBEW 2213, in August of each year $1.65 million dollars becomes available for work and family initiatives. With the recent infusion of these funds, the Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund will be reinstated effective week ending September 4, 2010. The expense forms for the month of September must be postmarked no later than October 8, 2010. For every month’s expenses thereafter, forms must be postmarked no later than the 2nd Friday of the month following the month in which expenses are incurred.
If you are currently enrolled in the fund you do not need to re-enroll. The criteria remains the same as last year such as the limit of enrolling only one child in the fund, the maximum weekly payout of $50.00, if married, both parents must be employed or be a full time student and your provider must be legally operating. If you are interested in enrolling, you must do so by submitting a completed a Dependent Care Reimbursement application to either
CWA Local 1106
Attn: Anne Holland – Secretary-Treasurer CWA 1106
221-10 Jamaica Ave
Lower Level
Queens Village, New York 11428
Or:
Work and Family Committee
Attn: Beverly Steele – Fund Administrator
240 E. 38th Street, Floor 15,
New York, New York 10016
You can access complete eligibility requirements and complete instructions as well as enrollment applications and monthly reimbursement forms on this site or you can visit www.regionalwfrc.com. If you have any further questions, feel free to call Anne Holland at the union office at 718-479-1106.
Added: December 14th, 2010 5:14PM |
Bargaining Report - Friday, July 22, 2011
President Tony Caudullo reports that CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 Regional and Local Bargaining Teams met with the Company today at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY.
The Regional Committee made a comprehensive presentation on Contracting which included examples of all types of work-- from all bargaining units. The Unions demanded that this work, being performed by several thousand contractors in the U.S. and off shore, be returned to our members. They emphasized to Verizon that the return of contracted jobs is a major issue for the Unions.
The Local Teams met throughout the day and into the evening on issues relating to their work rules and working conditions. The Local Teams are scheduled to resume discussions tomorrow and the Regional Team will resume their discussions on Monday.
With just one week to go before the July 30, 2011 Rally scheduled for Verizon headquarters at 140 West Street in New York City, locals should be doing everything necessary to ensure that as many members, retirees and family members possible attend. We will be joined by Verizon employees from several areas of the country who will be standing with us as we get the message out that we are more committed than we have ever been to fight to protect our wages, benefits and working conditions and also that we will not forget our retirees.
Now more that ever we need to mobilize!
Added: July 23rd, 2011 7:32AM |
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NY State Unemployment
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CWA National Home Page
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CWA Retired Members Council
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CWA Credit Union
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AFL-CIO
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FOA Law
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Union Plus
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Verizon Benefits Resources
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Medco Prescription Drug Plan
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MetLife
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Next Step Program
www.nspinfo.com
Verizon Foundation
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National Domestic Violence Hotline
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National Child Care Information Center
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Seniors-Site.com
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