On Saturday, October 2, CWAers and members from more than 190 environmental, civil rights, and community organizations will be out in force at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. We’ll be speaking with one voice, as one nation, in a historic march on Washington.
Check out the great ad from the AFL-CIO that will be running this Labor Day weekend at www.aflcio.org. It will make you proud to be UNION!!!! Then have fun on Labor Day at the Northern Virginia Labor Federation Picnic. See below:
We received the following email from the District 2 Office today regarding technicians from outside our bargaining unit (District 2) working in VA and MD.
Good Afternoon All,
This is to advise the District has reached an agreement allowing Vz. to bring technicians from outside the bargaining unit into MD and VA. These technicians will be performing work in both the FIOS and Copper technologies. These loans will be in our area through November 21st. During this time all overtime restrictions placed on our technicians as a result of their productivity will be lifted. I will advise you of the locations the loaned technicians will report as soon as the information is made available. CWA has advised Verizon these loans are only a temporary solution to the issue. Our members who left the payroll on an "imaginary surplus" need to be recalled if the work load is high enough to require forced and excessive overtime or loans into our area.
You probably recall that last November the Company and Vz Online offered discounts to employees on their respective Verizon FiOS and Verizon High Speed Internet (“HSI”) services where those services are available. Although the offers were initially available for a specified period, the Company noted that the offers could be modified or adjusted. Given the favorable response to the offers, the Company and Vz Online is planning to notify employees of an extension of the November offers with modifications that we believe make them even better.
The Company is planning to inform all of its associate employees of the Company’s and Vz Online’s respective offers beginning sometime on or after August 9, 2010 and periodically thereafter.
Once again, with the EISP offer, the rumors that Union Dues are taken out of the Bonus money and EISP Distribution have resurfaced. Once again this is NOT TRUE.!!!! No dues are taken out of EISP or Bonus money.Beware of rumors!!!!
This is an update on the non-surplus group of volunteers for the special enhanced offer. After meeting with the company on several occasions over the last month Vz. has agreed to release all of the non-surplus volunteers. They will be released on one of two dates. The dates are August 8, 2010 and November 21, 2010. A letter will go to the Potomac non-surplus volunteers who will be leaving the payroll on August 8, 2010. The letters will be mailed beginning Friday.
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