!!SURPLUS UPDATE!!

1) A list of surplus by job title and the # of surplus in each title here.
2) A list of surplus by job title and work location here.
3) A list of members that will receive an EISP offer here.

There will be a "Committee of *" meeting next week in New York. An update will follow.
Any questions, please contact your CWA representative.

Verizon Announces Surplus of 12,000 Employees.

Updates will be posted as they are received.

On Friday Verizon announced that they were declaring a surplus of 12,000 employees in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Potomac areas. They notified the union late on Friday. We are in the process of going through the data. There is not a start date for the current surplus that Verizon is declaring.

Once the district goes through the information we will send out the details to all locals.

We have also been informed that they want to meet with the unions to discuss the surplus. While we are open to discussions we will also resist the continuing efforts to unnecessarily cut-back operations that negatively impact service quality and the quality of our members and their families.

I will let all locals know the results of the meeting. We are trying to schedule a committee of 8 meeting next week. I am again encouraging all the locals to work on their ideas for mobilization efforts. We are in the fight of our lives. We know this is another round in the current battle that may well climax in our August 2011 negotiations.

Keep Fighting! Solidarity Forever,

Ron Collins CWA District 2 Vice President

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. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO GO TO YOUR MEETINGS AND SPEAK WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, TO LET YOUR BOARD KNOW OF ANY GRIEVANCE YOU MAY HAVE.

A STRONG UNION IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS MEMBERS.

SHOW VERIZON YOU STAND BEHIND YOUR UNION, ATTEND MEETINGS, REPORT INFRACTIONS BY MANAGEMENT TO YOUR SHOP STEWARD OR LOCAL WHEN THEY OCCUR. YOU WILL NEVER AGREE WITH 100% OF WHAT YOUR LOCAL DOES OR DOESN'T DO. BUT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET PAST THAT AND CARRY ON AND CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS.

REMEMBER, YOU ARE THE EYES AND EARS OF YOUR UNION. WITHOUT YOU...THERE WOULD BE NO "UNION". REMEMBER AGAIN UNION STARTS WITH U...N...I...