CWA, Verizon agreement includes hundreds of jobs, double-digit raises
Source: WDTN
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The tentative agreement ending the nations biggest strike in decades includes nearly 11 percent raises, the promise of hundreds of new jobs and stability for the next four years.
On Monday, Verizon and its 40,000 hourly workers announced a tentative agreement, and most importantly, a return to work for most members on June 1.
The 45-day strike affected hundreds of members of the CWA and IBEW in western New York. Over the past month and a half, demonstrations and rallies were held outside Verizons locations downtown and retail stores across the area.
CWA national representatives said the TA was a big win for the union.
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,733 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Solidarity!
valerief
(53,235 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,164 posts)I hope that my former co-workers who are now Frontier employees will take heart from this victory and fight the good fight.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)As a veteran of NETCO (60s thru 80s) and AT&T (mid eighties to mid-nineties) - you have done your fellow Union card holders good...I applaud your unity and sacrifice - BRAVO!!!!!!
Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)How anyone can argue against unions is beyond me.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)and it went down by $30 a month! Wonder what's up with Verizon these days?
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I used to be an IBEW member.
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)I have contacted the company often during the last month to urge them to settle with employees, and assured them if they couldn't I would no longer be a customer. I hope a million other customers did the same. I've always appreciated the professional service at the retail outlets and glad these folks will come under contract as well. Sounds like a good deal, good for them for sticking together.