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Victory: Historic Contract Ratified

After more than a year of preparation, mobilization, and tough bargaining with the State of New Jersey, our 35,000 members voted to ratify our 2023-2027 Executive Branch contract by 94.01% to 5.99%.

Administrative-Clerical Unit
Yes - 96.21%
No - 3.79%

Professional Unit
Yes - 93.97%
No - 6.03%

Primary Level Supervisors Unit
Yes - 92.77%
No - 7.23%

Higher Level Supervisors
Yes - 92.60%
No - 7.4%

Total
Yes - 94.01%
No - 5.99%

This was an unprecedented effort by our bargaining committee, Local and District leaderships, shop stewards, mobilizers, and most of all, our membership. Workers up and down the state came together to fight for a fair contract that recognizes our members’ hard work keeping New Jersey going strong. The result is a historic contract with significant gains that delivered on our goals and sets a foundation for continued work in several areas.

When we fight together, win win!

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We?re Turning Up the Heat in our Fight for Middle Class Jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless

Verizon and Verizon Wireless ? along with millions of tech geeks worldwide ? are eagerly anticipating the release of the iPhone 5. Now is the time to ramp up our mobilization for a fair contract! CWA members will picket and rally at Verizon work locations on Thursday, September 29th. On Friday, September 30th and Saturday, October 1st, we head to Verizon Wireless and Apple stores. With your help, we?ll cover those stores with leafleters. Our two-week strike in August showed Verizon and Verizon Wireless that it could not keep stonewalling us at the bargaining table. We showed management?and all of America?that working people will stand up against corporate greed and keep fighting to defend the American Dream. Now we will be bargaining from CWA?s health care proposals at Verizon and Verizon Wireless. And we are forcing management to focus on our demand to bring thousands of outsourced and off-shored jobs back into the bargaining unit. To win a fair and just contract, we need to turn up the heat!

We?re Turning Up the Heat in our Fight for Middle Class Jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless

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Regional Bargaining Report # 43

CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Bargaining Committee continued to meet at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY and continued to develop several comprehensive proposals. That work is expected to continue for the remainder of this week and into next week.

Regional Bargaining Report # 43