Monthly Archives: September 2010

Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund Reinstated

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Verizon’s Dependent Care Reimbursement Fund has been reinstated effective week ending September 4th 2010.   Requests for reimbursement of September’s dependent care expenses must be post marked no later than October 8, 2010. 

What’s new….. Changes?

Effective with September’s reinstatement employee social security numbers are no longer required.  Instead all employees are required to indicate their “employee ID” on each monthly request for reimbursement and on any new enrollment applications.

Who has to re-enroll?

Employees who were participants and receiving benefits up until the fund was suspended last May 2010 DO NOT HAVE TO RE-ENROLL. ..

Unless

1-      Employees who changed childcare providers must complete and forward a new application indicating the new childcare information. Employees and providers are required to complete and sign the new enrollment application and a new certification form.  Applications must be forwarded to NY/NE Regional Work & Family Committee c/o Beverly Steele , Fund Administrator 240 E. 38th Street, and floor 15, New York , New York 10016 prior to submission of September’s request for reimbursement.

2-      Employees who wish to change the dependent formerly enrolled in the fund to a different dependent must also complete and forward a new application and certification form to the address indicated in above in paragraph 1.

Employees can visit www.regionalwfrc.com to obtain an enrollment application and monthly request for reimbursement form.   Questions may be directed to Beverly Steele at 646 227 6878 or via e-mail to Beverly.steele@verizon.com.  Union members may also contact their Local Union committee member for information.

Cohen:Don’t Miss The Bus For Historic ‘One Nation’ Rally In Washington

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In 1963, more than 200,000 Americans rallied at the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights, led by Rev. Martin Luther King and other leaders. On Oct. 2, our coalition will again make history.

With just five weeks until more than a quarter of a million One Nation marchers gather at the Lincoln Memorial, now’s the time to sign up for a CWA bus ride to make your voice heard.

In a new video, CWA President Larry Cohen is asking CWAers, their families and friends to take part in the historic Oct. 2 march and rally at the Lincoln Memorial. “We believe that across this country working families want change, that working families have had enough with ‘Go Slow,'” he said. Watch the video here. 

Call the Local (212-633-2666) to reserve a seat on the bus.

More than 200 organizations have signed on to the event, united around quality jobs, bargaining rights, retirement security and a government that works for all of us.

In its official call for participants, the One Nation coalition says, “We are determined to build a more united America – with jobs, justice and education for all…We are students and newly-returned veterans persevering in the face of mounting debt, determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents. We are baby boomers and seniors…We are conservatives and moderates, progressives and liberals, non-believers and people of deep faith, united by escalating assaults on our reason, our environment and our rights. We are workers of every age, faith, race, sex, nationality, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation and ability who have suffered discrimination but never stopped loving our neighbors, or our nation.”

Labor Day 2010

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The History of Labor Day

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Read the full history of Labor Day.

Labor Day 2010: In honor of All Working People

From the labor movement’s early days fighting for the 40-hour work week, Social Security, the first minimum wage laws, the abolition of child labor, and workplace safety standards, to our current battles for health care reform, Wall Street regulation, paid sick days; our fight for the rights and well-being of workers never ends. Read the full story here.

The first Labor Day Parade was held in New York City, on September 5 1882. The NYC Labor Day Parade is not happening in 2010, as the date falls on September 11th; instead an Annual Labor Mass is scheduled at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for 8:30 am.

Annual Labor Mass
Sep 11, 2010
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC Fifth Avenue, Between 50th & 51st Streets

Labor Day Tribute to the American Worker

Happy Labor Day 1101