Monthly Archives: August 2011
Verizon Tape
August 22, 6:00 PM
Transcript: Exec. VP Angel Feliciano
All members are to report to work on Tuesday, August 23rd. Any member who has unusual circumstances is protected for 72 hours, until Friday, under the back to work agreement.
Any member who has received a letter of suspension is to report to the local at 275 7th Avenue or the field office in the Bronx.
All members should assemble in front of their work location in their Gerry Horgan red and go in together. You should be proud of what you have done here. Walk in with your head held high. We are one and we will go in as one.
Be Strong, Be Together and Be Proud!
Back to Work
The last day of the strike 8/20/2011. Click on the photo to view the photo album.
All members are to report to work on Tuesday, August 23rd. Any member who has unusual circumstances is protected for 72 hours, until Friday, under the back to work agreement.
Any member who has received a letter of suspension is to report to the local at 275 7th Avenue or the field office in the Bronx.
All members should assemble in front of their work location in their Gerry Horgan red and go in together. You should be proud of what you have done here. Walk in with your head held high. We are one and we will go in as one.
Be Strong – Be Together – Be Proud!
Rally at Arms Acres and Conifer Park
The Rallies were held on 8-20-2011
Go to the links below to view the photo albums.
Local 1101 Conifer Park Rally Pictures
Local 1101 Arms Acres Rally Pictures
CWA Outraged Over VZ Exec Statement
Aug 20, 2011
Union Outraged by Verizon Exec’s Statement
Washington, D.C. We are disappointed to see this quote from Marc Reed, Verizon’s Executive Vice President for Human Resources, that the company hoped “to convince the unions to begin bargaining with us in good faith.” It is both inaccurate and insulting. We agreed with management not to claim victory in changing the process, reinstituting the contract or shaping our goals. We will live by that commitment.
But Reed’s comment if not retracted means that we will be prepared to fight and fight hard whenever necessary if Verizon believes it can resume negotiations on that basis. We were encouraged by millions of Americans at our side in the fight for bargaining rights, middle class jobs and a decent standard of living. We thank them for their support.
Following is the unions’ original statement.
CWA, IBEW Reach Agreement on Bargaining with Verizon; Members to Return to Work Tuesday, August 23
Washington, D.C. – Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period.
We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed.
We appreciate the unity of our members and the support of so many in the greater community. Now we will focus on bargaining fairly and moving forward.
CWA and IBEW represent 45,000 workers at Verizon covered by this contract from Virginia to New England.
Verizon Tape!
Saturday, August 20
Transcript: Executive VP Angel Feliciano
To all of our Members, you have moved the giant!
Your solidarity – your strength – has sent a clear message: WE WILL NOT STEP BACK!
As of Tuesday morning, we will be back to work with a contract extension preserving all of our rights and benefits. Bargaining is scheduled to resume a week later.
I cannot emphasis how proud I am to be a member of this local and to help lead it.
Every member, whether he or she has 1 year or 40, should be proud. You have earned your stripes; you are part of the STRIKE OF ’11.
You have helped spark the labor movement, but our fight is not over.
BE CAREFUL – BE VIGILANT – BE STRONG!
Agreement on Verizon Bargaining Reached
Agreement on Verizon Bargaining Reached 8/20/2011. Click the photo to view the photo gallery.
Read the Return to Work Agreement Wear Red!
Thanks to our unity and public support for bargaining rights, striking Verizon workers will return to work on Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured. All pickets have been canceled. There will be a member update call on Sunday at 11 am EDT. Visit www.cwa-union.org/verizoncall for information on how to connect to the call.
With your support, we return to bargain the major issues we face.
CWA, IBEW Reach Agreement on Bargaining with Verizon; Members to Return to Work Tuesday, August 23
Washington, D.C. – Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period.
We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed.
We appreciate the unity of our members and the support of so many in the greater community. Now we will focus on bargaining fairly and moving forward.
CWA and IBEW represent 45,000 workers at Verizon covered by this contract from Virginia to New England.
Verizon’s Striking Union-Represented Employees to Return to Work
Verizon New York – August 20, 2011
Verizon Communications today announced that its 45,000 wireline employees in nine Northeastern states and the District of Columbia who are represented by the CWA and IBEW will return to work beginning Monday night, Aug. 22, without new collective bargaining agreements.
Verizon and the unions have made headway in negotiating a number of local and regional issues, and the parties have agreed on a process for moving forward to negotiate the major issues regarding benefits, cost structure, work flexibility and job security.
Verizon said the wireline employees now on strike would be working under the terms of the contracts that expired on Saturday, Aug. 6. The contracts will be extended with no specific deadline for achieving new collective bargaining agreements so that the parties can take the time required to resolve the critical issues.
Marc Reed, Verizon’s executive vice president of human resources, said, “We agreed to end the strike because we believe that is in the best interest of our customers and our employees. We remain committed to our objectives, and we look forward to negotiating the important issues that are integral to the future health of Verizon’s wireline business.”
He added: “We are grateful to our management team for their leadership during the past 14 days in so ably meeting the needs of our customers. The team’s competence, dedication and hard work enabled us to withstand the strike without significant disruption to customer service, and to convince the unions to begin bargaining with us in good faith. The fortitude and efforts of our managers have proven to be our strongest point of leverage in bargaining. We are pleased that during this stressful economic period our union-represented employees will be back at work earning good wages and benefits while serving our customers.”
With its union-represented employees back at work, Verizon plans to quickly address any backlog in repairs and unfulfilled requests for service.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with more than 106 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 196,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of $106.6 billion.
The Strike Ends Tuesday Morning
The Strike ends Tuesday morning but it’s not over.
We will be going back with a full contract extension!
They will resume bargaining in a week.
Local 1101 Executive VP Angel Feliciano said “I wish I could express how proud I am of all of you. The Company is backing off because of your strength”.
Regional Bargaining Report # 36
Friday, August 19, 2011 10 PM
CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Local Committees met with the company today at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY. The Union continued to talk about our issues and demanded that the company respond to our demands. The Company did respond by bringing in a “Subject Matter Expert” who discussed various aspects of our proposal and indicated that the company would take another look at some portions of our proposal. It was the first sign that anyone in the company was even listing to our demands. We are schedule to meet again with the Company’s “Subject Matter Expert” tomorrow. We also asked the company to bring in other “Subject Matter Experts” to discuss other areas of our proposals.
We reminded the company that this is the 13th day of the strike and that our members and their employees are demanding that we continue to bargain by addressing our proposals and not just the company’s proposals to reach a fair contract. The Company must continue to bring to the table those “Subject Matter Experts” who understand the union’s proposals and are able to address them.
We will not allow VERIZON to destroy the Middle Class Stay Strong
Stay United Mobilize! – Mobilize! – Mobilize!