CWA District 1 Newsletter - April 5
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UNITED STATES SENATORS URGE VERIZON TO SETTLE A FAIR CONTRACT
In a letter to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, 20 US Senators are urging Verizon to support good jobs and negotiate a fair contract with the employees who make the company's success possible.
CEO McAdam needs to understand that if we go on strike, elected officials, like these 20 US senators, will be up in arms against this greedy company.
If Verizon wants to avoid a strike, they need to negotiate a fair contract now.
FRIEDRICHS RULING SAFEGUARDS PUBLIC WORKERS' BARGAINING RIGHTS... FOR NOW
The case had been financed by anti-worker and corporate education supporters who have been working for years to stifle the voices of teachers and other public workers and weaken their collective bargaining rights.
We must continue to build, educate and organize to win future fights.
VERIZON MOBILIZATION UPDATE
Verizon workers held mass rallies to demand a FAIR CONTRACT NOW while Verizon Wireless workers in Everett, MA and Brooklyn, NY mobilize for a fair first contract.
Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders takes on Verizon for tax dodging.
AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP WORKERS GET NEW PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
CWA and AFA-CWA leaders have signed off on a new profit-sharing plan, one that will provide CWA-represented agents and workers and AFA-CWA Flight Attendants a share in the profits they generate.
CWA SUPPORTS TODD KAMINSKY FOR NY STATE SENATE
Dozens of CWA members from Local 1106, 1104, and 1108 came out in Oceanside, NY to rally and door-knock for Kaminsky.
Todd Kaminsky stands with working people, fighting for good jobs, and against corruption in Albany. That's why CWA supports him for New York State Senate.
BERNIE SANDERS UPDATE
Coming off big victories in Washington, Hawaii and Alaska, CWAers are pushing forward with phone banks, labor walks and other events to support Bernie Sanders' campaign. If we want to win, we all have to be in this fight.
CWA NEXT GEN ACTIVISTS WORK THE PHONES FOR BERNIE IN NJ
FIGHT FOR $15 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION
On April 14, Fast-food workers are going on strike in 300 cities, and tens of thousands of underpaid workers will lead hundreds of protests across the country to demand $15 and a union.
We just won a $15 minimum wage for workers in downstate New York and California just became the first state to pass a statewide minimum wage. These are huge victories but there is a lot of work to do.
Join your fellow CWAers and take part in the action in New York City.
REMINDER: POSSIBLE TAX RELIEF AVAILABLE FOR SOME DISABLED 9/11 RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, AND FAMILIES
Tax relief is available to some injured and ill 9/11 Responders and Survivors as well as the families of some that have died from their 9/11 injuries.
OSHA ISSUES FINAL RULE TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE SILICA
OSHA estimates that the rule will save over 600 lives and prevent more than 900 new cases of silicosis each year. The new silica rules are the most significant OSHA standards issued in decades.READ MORE
Leadership, Stewards Training, and Skill Building at Recent Local Conferences
MASSIVE Mobilization by NewsGuild-CWA Tells New York Times: TIME IS RUNNING OUT