On Friday, June 27th, Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Council voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. Click the headline to read more.

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The Executive Council of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO has formally announced their endorsements for the November 2008 elections. Click the headline to read more about the candidates who will fight for working families.

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"On May 22, Verizon workers and their supporters gathered at company offices across Massachusetts and Rhode Island to call for the continuation of something most workers gave up on a long time ago: free health insurance."

 

Union leaders from IBEW and CWA are stressing the importance of job security in early negotiations with Verizon that are taking place in Washington and New York.

A June 16 update to local union presidents made the case: "Bringing in the best contract in the world won't mean much if the bargaining unit keeps shrinking until we end up with no work.  That's the course Verizon has been on: offering surpluses and backfilling with contractors; defining our work more and more narrowly; using call centers in Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, and India; moving bargaining unit work to lower-wage, lower-benefit workers at Verizon Business and Verizon Wireless; and busting organizing campaigns.

"This is how Verizon has shrunk the percentage of revenue that comes from union operations from 70 percent in 2002 to just 30 percent. This decline in union work has come even as FiOS has expanded."

"As Verizon grows, so should we. The wages and benefits we have fought so hard for will be secure only when future jobs at Verizon are secure," the update concluded.

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IBEW and CWA union leaders have been at the bargaining table with top Verizon managers since May 27. We've talked about all the major issues concerning our jobs at Verizon.

Thanks to the determination of so many members who've shown support for our negotiating team, we've made some progress.  But Verizon still hasn't got the message about the importance of reaching a new agreement that meets the needs of all its employees.

That's why when both unions recessed from negotiations last week, the bargaining committees decided to ask the membership for your authorization to call a strike.  "Strike authorization" is only given when a majority of the membership agrees by a secret ballot vote.

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Cynthia Rodrigues president

Greater Southeastern Mass Labor Council,

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