CWA District 1 Newsletter - March 15
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VERIZON WORKERS BLAST COMPANY’S GREED IN TV AD
In the ad Verizon worker Ernie Hammel - 29-year former field technician - tells customers, “This company is the poster child for corporate greed.”
In a hard-hitting ad that started running this weekend CWA slams Verizon executives for making the wealth gap in America even worse, lining their pockets with millions upon millions a year in compensation while trying to cut worker benefits and destroy job security.
UNIONS WIN INCREMENT DECISION, GOVERNOR CHRISTIE LIKELY TO APPEAL
In a strongly-worded rebuke of Governor Christie’s pro-management packed Public Employee Relations Commission, an appeals court found on March 9 that PERC overstepped its authority when it reversed over 30 years of labor relations policy in two decisions that permitted management to stop paying automatic increments after the expiration of a contract.
NJ STATE WORKERS VOTE DUES INCREASE TO FUND CAMPAIGN FOR SECURE PENSIONS
By 80.65 percent to 19.35 percent, CWA state workers in the executive branch in New Jersey voted overwhelmingly to finance a constitutional amendment campaign to secure public workers' pensions and hold elected officials accountable to fund New Jersey's pension system.
CWAERS FOR BERNIE - WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Our grassroots revolution is growing and CWAers are on the front lines: phone banking, door knocking, and rallying for Bernie.
Last week, in a stunning upset, Bernie won Michigan. Today, primaries are being held in Florida, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri.
CWA MEMBERS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF CUNY WORKERS FIGHTING FOR A GOOD CONTRACT
CWA Local 1101 members and retirees rally in support of CUNY workers.
CWA members and retirees from Locals across New York city came out to support CUNY workers in their fight for good contracts and a stop to tuition hikes.
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From the Desk of the Vice President of CWA District 1
Local 1133 and 1168 Members at Catholic Health Ratify New Contract, Averting a Strike
HUGE Tentative Agreement by NewsGuild-CWA Members with the New York Daily News Following Three Years of Mobilization and “Too Tough to Die” City Council Resolution