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Bargaining Report 48
CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Committees met with the Company today to continue discussions regarding the Company's counter proposal. After reviewing the company...
Battle Far From Over
A Message from President Rolando Scott Last week CWA/IBEW NY-NE & CWA/IBEW Mid Atlantic presented the company with a counter proposal which they took under review and evaluated. As of last Friday...
Happy Labor Day Local 1109
Special message from President Rolando Scott This is the holiday that unions invented, and our very existence ensures that this holiday remain. Because of the work and sacrifice of many before us, we...
NO NEW COLISEUM = NO JOBS = NO ENDORSEMENTS!
As you are aware by now, the residents of Nassau County spoke loud and clear on August 1st that NO new Coliseum will be built any time soon. Sadly, thousands of workers whose job depends on the...
The 2011 Verizon Strike
So much to report, so little space. So let's shorten it. Verizon is getting physical and violent, atrocities you don't really read or hear about unless you know a striker. Missionaries are on...
UAW MEETING ABOUT ORGANIZING TRANS-NATIONALS
This past February, the Local advised you that our International Union would be engaging in an aggressive organizing campaign of the foreign owned auto plants that operate here in the United States....
Suck-it Verizon
As strike votes continue, the hardworking members of the Communications Workers of America are getting ready. If you plan on being anywhere near 140 West Street in NYC on Sat., July 30th around 11 am...
Vote Yes for Good Jobs Now!
At our membership meeting on June 28, 259 had a visit from Michael Picker, Executive Vice President of the New York Islanders. Picker came to explain to us the importance of Nassau County giving the...
CWA Planning a Bunch of Rallies.
The Communications Workers of America are bargaining with billion dollar profiteers at Verizon Communications. In the spirit of giving, which the company is giving nothing, the CWA is going to give...
IKEA is Organizing-Finally!
The International Association of Machinists filed its request with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday along with signature cards from a majority of eligible employees at the Danville, Va.,...