I just received the statement below. It is Madison all over again. There were 45,000 workers on strike with ne'er a demand to be found. The settlement reached is as follows:
"We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed."
The leadership of organized Labor is completely bankrupt. Two weeks on strike and not one economic demand or any other demand discussed. It is shameful and another defeat for workers. The Union hierarchy have already accepted that concessions will be made and the bosses know it. The strategists atop the AFL-CIO and its affiliated Unions have not a clue about how to proceed and what to do about the crisis facing organized Labor and workers in general. They do not know how to win, only how to give up decades of gains and keep their own jobs. It will take some great shocks to shake up this situation and we can be certain that there are some explosions that lie ahead. Here's the statement I received:
Thanks to our unity and public support for bargaining rights, striking Verizon workers will return to work on Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured. There will be a member update call on Sunday at 11 am EDT. Visit http://www.cwa-union.org/verizoncall for information on how to connect to the call.
Our public statement, to be released at 1 pm Saturday, follows and public demonstrations will cease at this time. With your support, we return to bargain the major issues we face.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Communications Workers of America
CWA, IBEW Reach Agreement on Bargaining with Verizon;
Members to Return to Work Tuesday, August 23*
Following is a statement by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers:
For release 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period.
We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed.
We appreciate the unity of our members and the support of so many in the greater community. Now we will focus on bargaining fairly and moving forward.
CWA and IBEW represent 45,000 workers at Verizon covered by this contract from Virginia to New England.
More on the Verizon strike on this blog:
http://weknowwhatsup.blogspot.com/2011/08/verizon-workers-on-strike-but-victory.html
http://weknowwhatsup.blogspot.com/2011/08/verizon-union-officials-willing-to.html
http://weknowwhatsup.blogspot.com/2011/08/video-above-is-from-picket-line-i.html
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