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Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a few weeks, the CWA Executive Board will meet to discuss a possible endorsement of one of the candidates for President of the United States. To help make their decision, our leaders are seeking the input of Local 2108. They've created an online poll to gauge CWA members' support for each of the candidates, so now it's our chance to make our voices heard. Please take a few moments to take the poll now: http://www.cwavotes.org/cwavotes/pages/epoll If CWA endorses a candidate, he or she will have the full weight of CWA's political resources -- so your vote is extremely important. |
****NEW BARGAINING REPORT*** Mid-Atlantic Regional Bargaining Report #56 January 20, 2012 The Mid-Atlantic Regional Bargaining Team met with the Company in Rye, NY this week. The Union presented the Company with a counter-proposal on pensions addressing concerns brought to the table by both sides in earlier proposals. The Union Call Sharing sub-committees from the NY/NE and Mid-Atlantic tables met to discuss the Company’s most recent proposal on that subject. We identified many items in the Company proposal that needed clarification. Following our meeting together, each committee then met with Company and their subject matter expert for him to explain the rationale behind this recent proposal. We were NOT surprised to hear the Company response to some of our questions. We then made several data requests to the Company about the proposal in order to get a better understanding of the exact impact this proposal would have on our region. We are waiting on the Company’s response to our requests. We also met this week with a Company subject matter expert on the pension plan. We had many questions concerning the Mid-Atlantic Pension Plan funding and participants. While many of our questions were answered, others were left open with the Company having to get back to us. The Mid-Atlantic Union committee made several other counter-proposals to the Company this week and we are awaiting their response. The talks have recessed and will reconvene next week. This round of negotiations is proving to be one of the most difficult any of us have ever experienced. Management has moved very little from their original demands. Only a renewed commitment from every member and retiree, to bring pressure through mobilization, both in the workplace and outside of the workplace, will make management see we are not giving in on our commitment to good union jobs with decent healthcare and a secure future.Contact your Local and renew your commitment today. We will send more updates as we move forward at the bargaining table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VCS Bargaining Report 39 January 27, 2012 Your VCS Bargaining Team met with the Company again this week and to date there has still been no real progress in resolving our many differences. Yesterday the Company gave us their second proposal concerning Health Care Benefits and at first glance this is another RETROGRESSIVE proposal that will cost each of you much more for a benefit that will offer less coverage for you and your family. Your Committee will thoroughly review this proposal and begin formulating a counter offer to this Company proposal. The Union is scheduled to meet with the Company again during the week of February 6th at which time we will discuss this RETROGRESSIVE proposal that is being offered again by VCS. We will also begin to formulate a counter offer that will not reverse many years of progress. It is up to each of us to let this Company know where they can put their current proposal dealing with Health Care as well as every RETROGRESSIVE demand that remains on the table. We must double our efforts to convince this Company that we will not GO BACK and that we need to move FORWARD together to secure our future and that of VCS. Your assistance is essential to accomplish our goals in this round of negotiations. We cannot allow the Company to accomplish their goal to reverse many years of progress that we have experienced and send us back to the mid 90’s and the formation of this Company. We must stick together and clearly let them know that we will not allow them to destroy our future with VCS. We still need each of you on a daily basis to let this Company know THAT WE WILL NOT GO BACK. We must continue to pressure the Company and part of that pressure must be
directed at the Verizon Wireless Stores in your area. We must be out there
at these Stores, under the direction of your Local, passing out flyers to the
general public on a daily basis letting them know what Verizon is attempting to
do to all of us and about their GREED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out District 2-13 VP Ed Mooney at the Town Hall Meeting on 10/22/11. Thanks to Mark Ward for his excellent use of a video camera and posting to you tube and IBEW Local 26 for the use of their hall! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLA2Ov5e8M
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2108 Events List
RMC Local 2108 Meeting
Located 1.1 miles north of Capital Beltway (I-495) exits 25 or 25A. Exit onto Route 1 North and then turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue.
· Feb 8, 2012
Membership Meeting
Located 1.1 miles north of Capital Beltway (I-495) exits 25 or 25A. Exit onto Route 1 North and then turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue.
· Feb 8, 2012
RMC Local 2108 Meeting
Located 1.1 miles north of Capital Beltway (I-495) exits 25 or 25A. Exit onto Route 1 North and then turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue.
· Mar 14, 2012
Membership Meeting
Located 1.1 miles north of Capital Beltway (I-495) exits 25 or 25A. Exit onto Route 1 North and then turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue.
· Mar 14, 2012