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Midterms 2022 Virtual Kick Off Aug 4 at 5pm

Midterms 2022 Virtual Kick Off Aug 4 at 5pm

29 Jul, 2022

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Midterms 2022 Virtual Kick Off Aug 4 at 5pm

As we head into the 2022 Midterms, CWA is surveying members to ask how we're feeling and what we'd like to see the union fight for. We'll be conducting surveys in the workplace and by phone with members throughout the month of August.

Midterms 2022 Virtual Kick Off Aug 4 at 5pm

Hospice Care

12 Jun, 2022

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12 Jun, 2022

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Hospice Care

From Medicare Rights Center. Main takeaway, especially for Verizon retirees: hospice care is under Medicare not under Medicare Advantage. Medicare Rights Center is a non-profit, non-governmental source of information, advice, and advocacy for those of us with Medicare.

Hospice Care

We Blocked One Touch Make Ready to Protect our Jobs!

We Blocked One Touch Make Ready to Protect our Jobs!

06 Jun, 2022

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We Blocked One Touch Make Ready to Protect our Jobs!

Thank you to the hundreds of Local 1101 members and retirees who responded to our call to action these past two weeks to block One Touch Make Ready and protect union jobs. WE WON! Did your emails make a difference? THEY DID! As the NYS legislative session closed, the NYS Assembly voted unanimously to pass our bill to protect our jobs and stop dangerous One Touch Make Ready regulations!

We Blocked One Touch Make Ready to Protect our Jobs!

Retirees in Dallas for Verizon Shareholders Meeting

Retirees in Dallas for Verizon Shareholders Meeting

22 May, 2022

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Retirees in Dallas for Verizon Shareholders Meeting

Pat Welsh and Tom Smucker at the 2022 Verizon Stockholders meeting in Dallas, Texas May 12. Delivering proxies and reminding the upper management of the company that union retirees from CWA are active and paying attention.

Retirees in Dallas for Verizon Shareholders Meeting

Help Protect our Telecom Work!

Help Protect our Telecom Work!

18 May, 2022

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Help Protect our Telecom Work!

For decades, when our companies' telecommunications equipment had to be moved, it's been done by CWA-represented workers, ensuring the safety and quality of the work. One Touch Make Ready allows other companies (and their contractors) to move existing Verizon equipment - whether they're experienced with that equipment or not - and put our jobs at risk. Click the story headline to help stop this!

Help Protect our Telecom Work!

Big Victories for CWA in Budget Fight!

Big Victories for CWA in Budget Fight!

06 May, 2022

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Big Victories for CWA in Budget Fight!

We had a lot of big wins in the 2022 budget fight. We won labor standards for $1.6 billion in broadband funding, billions for hospital funding to support health care workers, and full funding for the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. How? Thanks to members' participation and hard work.

Big Victories for CWA in Budget Fight!