Jun 17, 2016 | News Story
Verizon Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contracts
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Today, CWA announced that the roughly 40,000 union members along the East Coast who had been on strike for 49 days have ratified new contracts. CWA members in the New York-New England region (CWA District 1) and the mid-Atlantic (CWA District 2-13) and in New Jersey overwhelmingly ratified four-year contracts.
Members of IBEW Locals 827 (mid-Atlantic) and 2213, New York, and T6 in New England also overwhelmingly ratified the contracts
Verizon Wireless workers in Brooklyn and in Everett, MA also overwhelmingly approved their first-ever contract. The contract includes higher wages, a grievance and arbitration procedure, and restrictions on subcontracting.
Find out more here.
Congratulations to both CWA and IBEW!