Regional Bargaining Report # 13
IBEW NY/NE and CWA District 1
Wednesday July 15, 2015
IBEW New England, CWA District 1 and IBEW Local 2213 Regional Bargaining Committees met today at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, New York. The Union worked on proposals, reviewed information provided by the Company and continues to wait for more information that has been previously requested. There were no meetings with the Company today.
Tonight there was a scheduled Public Service Commission hearing in New York City to discuss the state of Telecommunications throughout NYS. Several members of the bargaining team attended the hearing. CWA told the PSC what is really going on at Verizon:
-Job Losses
-Deteriorating Service Quality and;
-Millions without FiOS!!!
While Verizon is failing to build out FiOS and maintain its copper network, at the Bargaining Table this Greedy Corporation is proposing to completely eliminate Job Security to slash thousands of Jobs.
That’s Unacceptable! We are not going to take it!
It’s Time to Fight Back!!
Reminder…IBEW Local 2325 will be providing bus transportation to the Contract Rally in New York on Saturday July 25th at 140 West St and on Thursday July 30th in Boston at Bowdoin Square. Members need to attend these rallies to show support for their bargaining teams and send the message to Verizon that we are ready to fight. Call the Union office to register, seats are filling up.
Continue all Mobilization activities and stay strong, we will get through this.
Fraternally,
Dave Keating
Business Manager
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