CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 Regional and Local Bargaining Teams met with the Company today at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY.  The Regional Committee made a comprehensive presentation on Contracting which included examples of all types of work– from all bargaining units.  The Unions demanded that this work, being performed by several thousand contractors in the U.S. and off shore, be returned to our members.  They emphasized to Verizon that the return of contracted jobs is a major issue for the Unions.  

The Local Teams met throughout the day and into the evening on issues relating to their work rules and working conditions.  The Local Teams are scheduled to resume discussions tomorrow and the Regional Team will resume their discussions on Monday.   

With just one week to go before the July 30, 2011 Rally scheduled for Verizon headquarters at 140 West Street in New York City, locals should be doing everything necessary to ensure that as many members, retirees and family members possible attend.  We will be joined by Verizon employees from several areas of the country who will be standing with us as we get the message out that we are more committed than we have ever been to fight to protect our wages, benefits and working conditions and also that we will not forget our retirees.

Now more that ever we need to mobilize!

Mobilize! – Mobilize! – Mobilize!