Verizon -6 Months now...WE WANT A FAIR CONTRACT!!!! Members Mobilize!
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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
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Even though we are still fighting for a good contract from Verizon other members of our Union Family are far worse off than we are and they need our help-- Please share this with everyone you know—Corporate America and its leadership have continued to grow in greediness-- When does the American Population say “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” – Please take action as asked below--
Members of USW Local 207L gave up $30 million in pay and other benefits to help Cooper Tire in its time of need. With our help, Cooper made $300 million last year. The company paid its executives millions of dollars in bonuses, bought a new corporate jet, then refused to bargain with us in good faith. They locked us out and gave replacement workers our jobs. Cooper Tire is just flat wrong. Please sign our petition at http://stopcoopertire.usw.org/ and urge Cooper to end the lockout.
Please help us spread the word by asking your friends and co-workers to join us. You can share a link to our Fighting Together campaign on Facebook or Twitter by using the sharing icons at http://stopcoopertire.usw.org/.
There are mobilizations taking place at different retailers who sell Copper Tires to make them and the public aware of these issues-- Please contact USW Local 1023 540 375-9400 to volunteer--
In Solidarity, Chuck Simpson-President CWA Local 2204
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WEAR YOUR RED PROUDLY!
LETS SHOW THIS COMPANY WE STAND UNITED!
