Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration / Coffee
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:15 -10:00 a.m. General Session
Report from March 24 joint IBEW – CWA Verizon East mobilization meeting in
Philadelphia and recent T6 meeting with Verizon management on "State of the
Company"
T-6 Council Chair/IBEW Local 2222 Business Manager Myles Calvey and
CWA Local 1400 President Don Trementozzi
Short reports from each participating Verizon local union on:
-- Mobilization: Five months before Verizon contract expiration, what is our current
level of organization and mobilization?
• Experience of each local with distribution of the "Job Security" flyer to members.
How was it distributed? Was the flyer useful in building mobilization structure?
If yes, why? If no, why not?
• T-Shirts and other ways to show union strength.
-- Communications: Status of personal cell phone and email data collection. How
many collected? Number of members on Facebook mobilization page.
-- Strike Preparation: Credit union / savings plans. Practice picketing
12:15 -1:00 p.m. Lunch featuring presentation by former CWA Rep. Steve Early about lessons from
past bargaining (and strikes) at Verizon. Steve will also discuss his new book, "Civil Wars in U.S. Labor"