Brooklyn Cablevision workers stood up to the greedy Dolan family and the Cablevision Corporation and voted overwhelmingly, 180-86, to join CWA Local 1109. Cablevision is the 8th largest cable company in the US and used the usual anti-union tactics and lawyers to fight the workers at every turn. Workers were intimidated, held in closed meetings, and fired. But thanks to the hard work of CWA Local 1109 and CWA District One organizers, the workers were able to see the difference a union could make.

This is a great victory for the workers and CWA but we must not expect Cablevision to go down easy. The workers will need all our support to maintain their momentum to gain a contract for the first time in their lives. They are now fighting for many of the things we take for granted and when they win a new contract it will benefit all members of CWA.

With this win, we can now push for the same victory for Cablevision workers in the Bronx.

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Despite the rain over 300 hundred union members and community groups turned out for an upbeat rally at 140 West Street at noon today. The theme that brought them together was to tell Verizon to stop their tax dodging and to cease their attack on the middle class.

CWA was joined by unions SEIU and DC 37 as well as groups United New York and Occupy Wall Street. District One vice-President Chris Shelton and CWA Local 1101 vice-President Al Russo spoke to reaffirm our determination to stop Verizon from forcing their middle-class destroying concessions on us in a new contract. Verizon has not paid any federal taxes for the last 3 years.

There will be more rallies at 140 West Street addressing different issues. Keep checking this web page for more information.

Tell Cablevision to "Back Off" their Anti-Union Campaign

Tomorrow, 285 Brooklyn-based Cablevision workers will vote in an election for union representation.

These workers have withstood a blistering assault on their right to form a union. Instead of coming to the table and discussing the merits of union representation in the open, Cablevision management is truly taking the low road, by pressuring workers with misinformation in endless “captive audience meetings.”

Despite this enormous pressure from the management 1%, the 99% are standing strong. Help support their effort right now. Check out their powerful video at www.thecablevision99.org/action, then follow the directions on the action page to email Cablevision management and let them know their workers have the right to organize free from harassment and intimidation.

Already, nearly 500 people have sent e-mails to the Cablevision executives telling them to "back off!". Please add your name to the fight.

Click here to stand up for the Cablevision 99%.  Tell Cablevision management it is morally wrong to force workers to run a gauntlet of intimidation and misinformation simply because they seek to exercise their democratic right to have a voice at work, and to achieve a measure of equity and dignity on the job.

Welcome to the new official CWA Local 1101 webpage. Information, articles and pictures will show the diversity and strength of the membership so we are all informed about our sisters' and brothers' fights to improve and maintain their wages and benefits.

Our members at Verizon and Liberty Healthcare are currently in bargaining and contracts expire for AT&T and Century Tel next year. Since Verizon and Liberty will set the tone for our other contracts we must all do everything we can to support our members in those sectors.

We need the full cooperation of all members to be successful. This will include showing up for meetings, rallies, marches, hand billing and talking to members at the worksites. Also, political action has become particularly important as a weapon in our arsenal. Letter writing, phone banks, participating on election day and contributions to COPE are all effective ways of using political power to enhance our efforts.

Local 1101 has long had the reputation for taking the lead on both the local and national levels. That respect translated into a united front with all the Locals in CWA District One affording us a good middle class standard of living. We must maintain that respect in both our members, other Locals and our employers.   Check this webpage often for the official Local announcements, share the information with fellow members, be active, organize, stand together and we will show our employers the Solidarity that made CWA Local 1101 "the tip of the arrow."

140 West Street members answer the call for increased mobilization.

District One and the Local 1101 Executive Board have called on all members and retirees to dedicate four (4) hours a week toward Verizon contract mobilization.

We must show Verizon management that we are fully behind our bargaining team in our fight to achieve a fair contract. Be assured, Verizon will not move at the bargaining table until we make it too painful for them to continue ignoring us.

Three things you can do right now:

1. Make plans to be at the Verizon contract rally, Friday, February 3rd, 5:30pm at 84 King Street garage. (King St between Hudson & Varick Streets. 1 train to Houston St)
2. Make plans to be at the rally in the Bronx, Friday, February 10, 2012 at 5 PM in front of R&W Garage, 2885 Jerome Avenue at Bedford Park Blvd.
3. Informational picketing every Thursday at your worksite. This weeks theme? Verizon’s Tax Evasion.
4. Leafleting at Verizon Wireless stores is gearing up throughout the Local and throughout the Northeast.

See your chief steward to sign up for a shift if you haven’t already.

Don't Let Verizon Win!!