Support Verizon Workers Next Week!

By , on September 23rd, 2011

CWA & IBEW’s two-week strike in August showed Verizon and Verizon Wireless that it could not keep stonewalling at the bargaining table.  Several concessionary demands have been removed from the table, including their demand to slash MLK Birthday and Veterans Day as holidays and to eliminate the special city allowance.

Now workers are bargaining from CWA’s proposals to save money on health care without premium sharing and preventing unilateral management changes in health care at Verizon Wireless.  And union members are forcing management to focus on our demand to bring thousands of outsourced and off-shored jobs back into the bargaining unit.

There has been progress, but Verizon is still insisting on hundreds of millions in concessions.

It’s time to step up the pressure.

We’re ramping things up with Days of Action next week:

  • Sept 28th:  A national media conference call announcing the escalation of our campaign and our plan to open a new front by focusing on the iPhone 5 release.
  • Sept. 29th:  A day of workplace picketing and rallies to show that we are still angry, still strong, and ready to do whatever it takes.
  • Sept. 30th – October 1st:  Working with allies inside and outside the labor movement,

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    • September 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Campaigns, Unions | Comments are closed

    Mott’s Workers Stand Up to Corporate Greed

    By , on August 20th, 2010

    On May 23, 2010, the owner of Mott’s, a subsidiary of the highly profitable Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS), forced 300 workers and members of RWDSU Local 220 on strike at the Mott’s plant in Williamson, NY. Though the company is seeing tremendous success and has turned a profit the past 5 years, Mott’s insists on wage and benefit cuts from workers, saying workers should think of themselves as a “commodity” like “soybeans or oil.”

    Basic Facts: Mott’s/DPS is demanding:  $1.50 per hour wage cut for all employees, pension elimination for future employees, pension freeze for current employees, 20 percent decrease in employer contributions to the 401K, increased employee contributions toward health care premiums and co-pays.  Most workers at the Williamson plant make around $19/hr.  Mott’s was acquired by DPS in May of 2008, after which workers report a shift in attitude from management.

    Mott’s is looking to exploit the economic climate to maximize their profits at the expense of their workers.

  • While the three highest paid executives at DPS, including CEO Larry Young, doubled their pay between 2007 and 2009, the company is now proposing to cut wages and

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    • August 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Campaigns, Unions | Comments are closed