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Hotel Workers Strike Against Hyatt
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 11:21 | No Comment

Just days before Labor Day, UNITE HERE Local 11 hotel workers held two full day strikes at the Century City Hyatt and the West Hollywood Hyatt Andaz. As part of a …

WHY IS VERIZON SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT AN UPDATED ISP PROPOSAL?
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 19:27 | No Comment

During 2010 Bargaining with VERIZON of California, your Bargaining
Committee proposed an Enhanced ISP that would benefit the entire
Bargaining Unit and VERIZON rejected it.
Let’s Check the Facts:
VERIZON lost the arbitration on the subject of declaring an …

CWA Urges Congress to Clarify FCC Authority on Broadband
Monday, 21 Jun, 2010 – 18:18 | No Comment

CWA has joined a diverse group of progressive leaders in pressing Congress to pass narrowly targeted legislation that would clarify the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to protect an Open Internet and to apply …

Fire Burns at Verizon Building in Palm Springs
Thursday, 17 Jun, 2010 – 7:13 | No Comment

Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News
Smoke was seen pouring out of a Verizon building in Palm Springs Tuesday morning.
A KPSP Local 2 News Crew on scene reported seeing thick, black smoke billowing out of …

Weingarten Rights – the right to union representation
Tuesday, 15 Jun, 2010 – 21:43 | No Comment

The employer is under no obligation to inform employees of their right to representation. You lose your Weingarten rights if you do not assert them.
“Weingarten rights” derive from a 1975 Supreme Court case, …

2010 CWA Heat Stress Survey
Sunday, 13 Jun, 2010 – 20:32 | No Comment

As you may or may not know California has a Cal-OSHA Heat standard, but employers believe the standard only applies to agriculture workers. Those of you who work in areas where temps reach over …

Verizon West Contract Ratification
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010 – 7:14 | Comments Off

I have just been informed that with a very high return of ballots that the Verizon West contract ratified by a margin of 20 to 1 and the Regional Service Wire contract, which …

CWA-COPE
Thursday, 6 May, 2010 – 19:58 | Comments Off

This round of bargaining with Verizon was a tough one. Verizon wanted to shift our work to Mexico and outsource our jobs from California!
Fortunately we have friends in the California State Legislature that we could …

SATURDAY PICKET D-DAY +35
Saturday, 17 Apr, 2010 – 16:36 | No Comment

Members gathered this morning in various locations throughout Local 9588
TRI-Valley
areas. Ivan the Rat made its appearance at the Upland CO, while other areas hand-billed the public. Many Honks of support FOR California Jobs and many …

SPECIAL DELIVERY for M. Elliott
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 13:22 | No Comment

Saturday April 10th CWA members across Southern California made a special delivery to the premise of Dir. Mike Elliott, after hearing that local Management from the CoachellaValley held a training of Tech 2’s and 3’s to perform …