We Are One! CWA Local 1101 On Strike August 2012.

For more than a year, our voices and our actions have kept the pressure on Verizon executives, letting them know that we will not accept:

• the end of job security,
• higher costs for poorer quality healthcare benefits,
• cuts in pensions for veteran workers and no pensions at all for new hires, or
• outsourcing of the middle-class jobs that support American families.

Our CWA and IBEW negotiators from Districts 1 and 2-13 are at the table right now with company representatives and federal mediators. Although they are prevented from sharing any details about the mediation, we know that they are fighting for fairness and for all of our futures.

The only reason the company’s bargaining team is still at the table is because, since mediation began in late July, we have mobilized like never before. When negotiations began in Washington, DC, on July 27, Verizon said, “We’ll give it a week.” Then, with tremendous support from our allies, we mobilized!

We rallied and practiced picketing at our worksites.
We led delegations to Darden Restaurants.
We leafleted Verizon Wireless stores.
We rallied support from hundreds of politicians and religious leaders.

And we kept Verizon at the table.

Now is not the time to rest. To bring the negotiations to a close and make sure there’s a fair contract and a good future for all of us, we have to TURN UP THE HEAT!

Let’s all stand strong and keep standing up to Verizon. Show the company that we support our bargaining team and each other.

Source: CWA