The CWA and IBEW on October 19 announced that members on the East Coast from Virginia to Maine ratified the tentative agreement that the unions reached with Verizon in September. “The ratification vote shows that our members listened to the union’s leadership when we told them that this was the best contract we could negotiate with […]
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Unions and Verizon reach tentative agreement
September 20, 2012 
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Verizon and unions representing its 43,000 East Coast workers on September 19 reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Union members over the next month will vote on whether to accept or reject the agreement. “We stood up to the most sweeping and intense attack on our standard of living and bargaining rights in the history […]
Read moreTalks between Verizon and unions continue; member mobilization ramped up
August 16, 2012 0 Comments
A federal mediator on August 15 extended contract talks between Verizon and the two unions representing 45,000 East Coast Verizon workers. The Federal Mediation Conciliation Service convened the two sides on July 25 in hopes of jump starting contract negotiations that have stalled. The mediator overseeing the negotiations said that enough progress has been made to […]
Read moreUnions battle Verizon on multiple fronts; seek to build movement for economic and social justice
July 24, 2012 0 Comments
Verizon and unions representing 45,000 of the company’s workers on the East Coast will meet with a federal mediator on Wednesday, July 25 in hopes of resuming negotiations that have broken down. Verizon has refused to budge from concession demands that one of the unions, CWA, says will cost each worker $10,000 year over the life span of […]
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