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NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

Editor: Chris Criscione

Email Articles to:

newsletter@cwalocal2204.org


 


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Background and Summary Explanation of Business Service Agreement (NFO Title)

May 18, 2012
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TWU Local 568
No New Bargaing Update So Far This Week
CWA Local 2222
TWU Members won't get hit before other American Airlines employees
TWU Local 513
Interesting Exchange Between APFA, Lawyers and Judge Lane
TWU Local 513
JOIN US IN THE LOBBY ONCE AGAIN
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And The Answer Was NO!
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CenturyLink Bargaining Information

Contract Expires - 06/01/12

STRIKE VOTE RESULTS

5/17/12

93%   YES

3.5%    NO

  3.5%  VOID

 

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT

TO VOTE and RALLY WEARING THEIR RED

CWA LOCAL 2204 SHIRTS

Thanks Also To Our

Roanoke -Lynchburg-Danville Members Who Came Out To Show Their UNITY & SUPPORT

Bargaining Report #4 (05/17/12)

Bargaining Report #3 (05/16/12)

Bargaining Report #2 (05/15/12)

Bargaining Report #1 (05/14/12)


AT&T Legacy Contract Expired 04/07/12!

Members currently working without a contract.

AT&T Legacy Bargaining Reports 

Members can go directly to

www.cwa-union.org/legacyT or www.CWAatATT.com to get bargaining reports. If you would like to sign up for immediate texts, send a text to 69866 and put ATT in the message. 


 

AT&T and VERIZON 

Want Takebacks from All of Us

What are Randall and Lowell

 willing to give up?

 

In 2011, Randall L. Stephenson, AT&T CEO received $22,018,334 in total compensation. By comparison, the average worker made $34,053 in 2011. Randall L. Stephenson made 647 times the average worker's pay.   

In 2011, Lowell C. McAdam, Verizon CEO received $23,120,499 in total compensation. By comparison, the average worker made $34,053 in 2011. Lowell C. McAdam made 679 times the average worker's pay.  

 

 

When Do We Say Enough is Enough?

When Do We Stand Up and Fight Back?

If Not Now, When?

We Need To Plan and Take Part in Mobilizations at all CWA Local 2204 Work Locations to tell Randall and Lowell we Demand Our Fair Share !!

Please continue to mobilize in

STANDING UP AND FIGHTING BACK AT THE VERIZON SHAREHOLDERS MEETING!

 

While cutting thousands of U.S. jobs, gutting worker pensions, and even reducing disability coverage, Verizon chose to triple its CEO salary last year to $23.1 million. We're here today to hold Verizon accountable for such egregious corporate excess and demand that they stop destroying middle class jobs. 

 We need you to help make our message heard. Will you take 30 seconds to leave a message with Verizon executives?
 

1. Call toll free (800) 229-9460.

2. Leave a voice message for Verizon executives.

You can learn about Verizon's abusive corporate practices at VeriGreedy.com or download this fact sheet.

3. Tell your friends! 

 

A Personal Thank You

 

On behalf of my family I sincerely thank every member, retiree and friend who reached out to us in our time of grieving following the passing of my twenty week old Grandson, Brantley Kennett Orr. I can't express how uplifting and comforting it has been and continues to be knowing that so many people care. Thank you all for the nice cards and for the donations, which will be put to good use as medical bills arrive. Most of all, I thank you for including us in your prayers and humbly ask that you continue to pray for Brantley's parents, Josh and Erin (my Daughter).
Brantley was a very special baby boy. All of you are very special too. Thank you.
 
Tony Bentley - Cable Splicing Technician in Cable Maintenance reporting to Pearisburg, Virginia
email: tb63@comcast.net 
 
 
 

 

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AT&T Relay 3-14-12

Info Picket- AT&T Relay

Anthony Flaccavento- 9th district nominee

AT&T Relay Info Picket 3-7-12

Norton DA Informational Picket

Informational Picket- CSSC 2-24-12
Occupy Staunton
11-3-11
Oakland Blvd
Mobilization 10-21-11
Danville
Scab Hunters
Lynchburg
Picket Line!
Bedford
Picket Line!
Radford-Pulaski
On the Line! 08/07/11

 


Verizon - GET ACTIVE!

AT&T, Verizon try to put end to landline telephone era - Decoder

VERIZILLA - Youtube video  

Verizon/Cable Deal - CWA Video

SCC seeks comment on extending price cap safeguards for Verizon customers

Response to Company Strike Discipline letter

VZW- Union Busting Sunday Cut

Call Center  off-shoring Powerpoint

Corporate Greed Video 

OUTSOURCING VIDEO

Verizon Tax Dodgers- click to watch

 

Verizon's Tangled Web - Wall Street Journal

  

HERE IS WHAT VERIZON WANTS US TO AGREE TO:

No Wage Increase Offer and No retroactivity on any negotiated items

Sales Commission Plan for Consultants

Significantly increase deductibles, co-pays & implement premium sharing for Health Care Plans

Eliminate the HCBC & RHCBC positions

Significantly increase co-pays in our prescription drug benefit plan

Major diminishment in our benefits including Incidental Absence, Short Term Disability and Medically Restricted Plans

Eliminate the Pension Plan

Eliminate the Pension Cash Out Option

Eliminate the Sickness Death Benefit

Eliminate the Job Security Protections

Increase the movement of work provision to 5%

Change the contractual relocation provision to any move more than 85 miles

Increase the forced Overtime limits

Reduce evening and night differential payments and eliminate Saturday differentials altogether

Eliminate Short Notice Excused Days and the 18% vacation provision

Allow Electronic Recording of Calls

 

VERIZON WILL NOT BACK DOWN UNTIL IT FEELS THE PUSH BACK FROM LOCAL MOBILIZATION

We need to continue to mobilize in our local work groups on a daily basis--  Whether it is informational pickets, walking into the garage together, wearing the same color, standing up together, picketing at a Verizon Wireless store, whatever we do we need to do it in a Strong, Unified showing so each supervisor gets the message and needs to report the activity to the company that the employees are upset and are pushing back--  No later than Friday January 20th we want a report of what each work groups planned activities are so we know that our members are involved in this fight—Please reply to me with that info to my email address-- If we do not stand up and fight back the company will succeed in taking our bargaining rights away from us--  Make no mistake, that is their plan--  They want a non union company where you work for lower wages with no pension and health care you pay for that has large deductibles and covers less medical needs--  Why should we give back an average of $20,000 per member in compensation and benefits while the CEO and other Verizon Executive Officers make big money and still want more-- We are all CWA and we need to join in this fight to make Verizon realize they are dealing with more than just the members of the bargaining committee—They are dealing with employees who know what is right and they are the front lines of Verizon—They are dealing with women and men who pride themselves on doing a good job every day by working to take care of our Verizon customers--  We are the ones who make Verizon work and we are the ones who speak to our customers as Verizon every day--  If we don’t fight back who will?

 Chuck Simpson, President

  

News!  Please Read!!

Support HR 3956-the Call Center and Consumer Protection Act - If you are tired of our jobs (call centers) going overseas, and worrying about identity theft, please call 888-877-2040

                          Verizon to Union: The grill must go, or else...

CWA - Marathon Marches in NY and DC

Verizon Executives in top tenth of the 1%

$100 Billion Verizon is one of Country's most aggressive Tax Dodgers!


Verigreedy wants to strip away over 50 years of bargaining. Are we going to let them? NEVER! SOLIDARITY FOREVER!! 

WEAR YOUR RED PROUDLY!

LETS SHOW THIS COMPANY WE STAND UNITED!

 


WEAR RED EVERYDAY!

The fight for a fair contract at Verizon is not over! MOBILIZE! 


CWA LOCAL 2204 WELCOMES CENTURY LINK EMPLOYEES FROM THE MARTINSVILLE AREA INTO OUR LOCAL!


Information on Rumors about Lock Out


We Have A Return To Work Agreement

Click here for agreement document  

 Guidelines for Facebook and other social network sites

Hotline # 866-389-2204  

"WE WON'T GO BACK!"

Why do we wear red on Thursday? (Click Here)

“Customer service professionals face many stress factors on the job, from monitoring to quotas to difficulties in balancing work and family responsibilities. Employers who take the high road in labor relations, providing training and fair working conditions, know that a quality workforce is the key to the quality service that customers want,” said CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins.

CWA represents about 150,000 customer service workers in telecommunications, media, airlines, public service and other sectors.

As part of Customer Service Professionals month CWA has established a blog/forum where members can communicate about customer service issues--  Please sign up and share the link with all your coworkers in customer service –

 http://cwacustomerservice.ning.com/


 

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August 6, 2011

August 6, 2011   On August 6th our contract with Verizon will expire. At this time there will remain the potential of a strike. No one wants that yet it still remains the single most powerful weapon in our arsenal. As such we must prepare for that possibility. Official Bargaining with the company will begin in June. When we bargain we start with a blank slate.
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NEW PRESIDENT

Robert Hill has resigned from his position of CWA Local 2204 President effective 04/25/2011. Per the CWA Constitution and Local Bylaws, the VP will fill in for the President until the term expires. Chuck Simpson has been chosen by the Executive Board as President of Local 2204 effective today, 04/29/11. This term of President will expire on 12/31/11.
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UNION BEGINS WITH YOU

UNION BEGINS WITH YOU MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE "UNION" IS THE BOARD, THE PEOPLE WHO "RUN" THE UNION. THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE "UNION" IS YOU: YOU ARE THE ONE WHO ELECTS YOUR OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT YOU.
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Congratulations !! 

Rob Stull - Birth of Son 01/07/12  

Amanda Casey - Birth of Twins! 08/30/11

Jaclyn Cox -  Birth of daughter 05/16/11

Condolences go out to the Families of:

Melanie Young - Loss of Grandmother

Tony Bentley - Loss of Grandson

Elizabeth Wilson -  Loss of Mother

Jeffrey Floyd - Loss of Grandfather

Sherrill Sturgill - Loss of Brother

Mark Geary - Loss of Grandmother

Bryan Justice - Loss of Father

Chuck Simpson - Loss of Wife

Ricky Dalton - Loss of Father

Lynne Hartless- Elder -  Loss of Father

Donnie Kinney -  Loss of Grandmother

Derek Kinney -  Loss of Grandmother

Bob Firaben -  Loss of Stepfather

Aimee Compton - Loss of Grandmother

Valeria Castle-Stanley - Loss of Grandmother

Jerome Hamm - Loss of Father

Charlie O. Price- Loss of Grandmother and Stepmother

Marcia Tolbert- Loss of Grandmother

Kathleen Robbins - Loss of Mother-in-Law

Martha Barnett

Jeffrey Johnston

Billy Zambrello


Election Results

President - Chuck Simpson, Secretary Treasurer- Jodie Moore, Lynchburg AVP- James Woodson and Radford AVP- Alan Johnson (won by Acclamation)

Alan Johnson's Salary Proposal - Approved

Norton Area Vice President - Marye Rowlett

Roanoke Area Vice President -  Naomi Bolden

 

Verizon Strike Authorization Results for Local 2204- 07/26/11 

2277 Merger with 2204 approved- 06/30/2011

A Day in the life of a Telephone Man

 

  Weingarten Rights  

"If this discussion could in any way lead to me being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my Union Representative, Officer, or Steward be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion"

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! ASK FOR REPRESENTATION! 

     

 

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