special grievance issue 1101 members win $116,550...

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NEW YORK GENERATOR • DECEMBER 2013

www.local1101.org Volume 2013 Issue 2 Tape: (212) 633-6753

December, 2013Tel: (212) 633-2666

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Special Grievance Issue

1101 Members Win $116,550 In Back DTA !

When FiOS was initially rolled out in Manhattan there was one FiOS garage – at 91st Street.

Verizon then opened two new FiOS garages, at 153rd Street and 39th Street. Technicians were transferred to those two loca-tions, but the company never gave them Ar-ticle 8 perma-nent transfer letters, and it didn’t pay them Daily Travel Al-lowance (DTA) either.

Local 1101 argued that the t e c h n i c i a n s shou ld have been paid Daily Trave l A l low-ance. In October of 2013 the Local won the grievance at 3rd step. 111 technicians got $1050 each for a year’s worth of DTA, total-ing $116,550 altogether.

A big win like this doesn’t happen every day, but it never happens with-

6 of the 111, left to right: Henry Robinson, Business Agent Val Valentino, Manny Rodriquez, Vice President Mike Baxter, John Conlon,

Edward Rizzo, Tom McShane, James Valleca

out the every day work of members, Stewards, Local 1101 officers, and CWA staff at District 1. Enforcing the contract takes an active and informed union steward body, and the day to day battles, big and small that let the

employers know that Local 1101 is on the job.

This special issue of The Genera-tor will shine the spotlight, not just on one big grievance win, but grievance wins throughout the Local.

1101 Members Win $98,000 In Shifted Tour Pay

Following Hurricane Sandy, Veri-zon changed the tours of many work-ers at 140 West Street. We proved that 80 members should have been paid

shifted tour pay. In a separate

grievance, mem-bers at 140 West St. were notified of a tour change after their regu-lar tour had been set. Business Agent Ron Spaulding and the West St. Chief Stewards won the grievance at second step and between the two

grievances the mem-bers got approxi-mately $98,000 in

shifted tour pay.Two technicians out of West 36

Street FiOS were told at 3pm on a Friday to go to FiOS training the fol-lowing week. Local 1101 grieved the


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NEW YORK GENERATOR LOCAL 1101, CWA275 Seventh Avenue, 17th Fl New York, NY 10001 Bronx Office: 1703 Castle Hill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462

Phone: 212-633-2666 Bronx: 718-823-7330 Tapes: 212-633-6753 Web: www.local1101.orgOfficial Publication of CWA Local 1101. Reprint rights granted to all labor publications.

President: Keith Purce Secretary/Treasurer: Kevin Condy Vice Presidents: Al Russo, Mike Baxter, Pat Lascala

Business Agents: Ron Spaulding, Pete Torres, Joe Ventola, Ken Beckett, Val Valentino, Kathy BrindleEditor: Mike Baxter Photographers: Vinny Galvin, John McGarry, Alex Ortiz Printer: Impala Press

Big Win At Small Shop In East Harlem

Above: President Keith Purce welcomes the newest members of Local 1101: Julian Gonzalez, Yesenia Cabrera and Adrian Dominquez, fol-lowing the vote at Metro PCS on East 125th Street to join CWA.

Metro PCS was recently merged with TMobile, so this is a big first step in unionizing the number three wireless outfit. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen, especially AT&T Chief Stewards Tiffany Rosario and Laurie Giles, and Julian, Yesenia, Adrian, and their co-workers in East Harlem.

President Keith Purce

It’s Grievances And MoreEven though this Generator is

highlighting the work we do policing our contracts, we can’t forget the many other activities we pursue.

I’d like to thank all the members who participated in the fight against VoiceLink on Fire Island. Not only did the Public Service Commission refuse to allow Verizon to extend Voice Link beyond the western portion of Fire Island, Verizon finally agreed to build FiOS on Fire Island. The let-ters, phone calls, grievances, trips to Albany and other activities definitely made an impact. With all of us stick-ing together we were able to win this battle. But this was just one victory in an on-going war to protect our jobs.

Our Local was very involved in fund raising this past year. Thank you to all of the members who participated in the P.O.T.S. Softball Tournament and Family Picnic, where we raised money for a local soup kitchen, the Making Strides to end Breast Cancer Walk, and the Golf Outing to set up a scholarship fund in the names of Dennis Diemer and our late President Ed Dempsey.

We have been conducting Unity@Mobility member trainings at the Local for the past month, part of a national effort to bring together tech-nicians, retail and call center workers

to talk about building a strong union at AT&T Mobility. As we go to press, technicians at Speedwire, a company which installs home monitoring sys-tems, just voted to join CWA Local 1101.

In addition to the grievances de-scribed here, our members, Stewards and Chiefs have been involved in political battles and elections, organiz-ing campaigns, mobilization efforts, classes and training at the Local, and community service projects through-out the City. A number of these events are pictures in this Generator. Thank you for your time and dedication. We stick together and take on all chal-lenges. We are 1101!

Check out the Local’s new website (sample front page on the left)

www.local1101.org

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Old Friend From Brooklyn Moving

To City Hall

Cancer Walk At Orchard Beach

He’s stood with us for years and we stood up with him when he announced as a candidate. Now, in a landslide, Bill de Blasio has been elected the next mayor of New York City.

In the picture above, Bill ad-dresses Local 1101 members outside City Hall on May 22 after receiving the endorsement of CWA District

Local 1101 members and families at the Making Strides to Fight Breast Cancer Walk, October 20 at Orchard Beach

One. Left to right in the front are Frank Calisi, Scott Heid, Brandt Cul-len, Tim Dennehy and of course, Bill’s wife Chirlane McCray.

Golf Outing Honors

Ed Dempsey President Keith Purce with mem-

bers of Ed Dempsey’s family at the Diemer & Dempsey Memorial Golf Outing, to establish the new Scholar-ship Fund.

Pictured in photo to the left: Tom Ferro, Ken Wren, Cathy Ferro, John Dempsey, Keith Purce, Ed Dempsey Jr, Pat Dempsey, Matt Vahey, Liz Wren, Patty Macchia, Kevin Vahey and Maureen Dempsey


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Hurricane Sandy DaysVerizon took a very uneven ap-

proach in Manhattan when it came to paying members for the days they were unable to get to work after Hurricane Sandy. Hundreds of members received one or two day’s pay for the days they were not able to get to work. Chief Stewards filed grievances in every shop where members weren’t paid for the storm days. In some groups the Local won back the day’s pay in grievances. In other groups Verizon has continued to refuse to pay the members and it is still in the grievance procedure.

When the basement at 140 West Street flooded, Local 1101 won $100 each for 75 members whose belong-ings were damaged, for a total reward of $7500.

AT&T MobilityIn 2012 Local 1101 representa-

tives were sitting a grievance with AT&T Mobility on the company’s violation of sick time provisions when they discovered that the company was failing to properly pay employees

with less than five years for their sick time. Local 1101 filed a grievance and got the company to agree to an audit, which showed 198 violations over the prior two years. The Local won $35,400 in pay violations for the members involved.

AT&T Mobility is constantly changing their own policies, and then mismanaging those policies. They are notorious for disciplining workers for ‘performance’ issues for Retail Sales Success Measures (RSSM). With the hard work of many new AT&T Stewards and Chief Stewards, Local 1101 got hundreds of RSSM cases overturned.

AT&T Mobility technicians have a provision in their contract that they have to be notified of any pay changes. In 2009 the company failed to notify technicians that they wouldn’t be get-ting a yearly bonus. The Local fought that, arguing that the technicians weren’t notified in a timely fashion that there was no bonus that year. Local 1101 settled the case after 3rd step, just

Where Winning Grievances Begins:

fact that they had been informed after their regular tour had been set, and they won two days of shifted tour pay.

New Hires and UpgradesLocal 1101 filed hundreds of

grievances at Empire City Subway (ECS) for work being contracted out and other contractual violations. The Local was able to prove that the company had the work volume to necessitate hiring more permanent workers. The company finally agreed to hire 60 workers and to create 28 permanent positions. Some positions were opened to the public, and SPVs were also opened so workers in other titles at Verizon could transfer in.

Local 1101 also filed a grievance against ECS for unfair pay treatment. Members who were performing pipe gripping work were paid their TI pay incorrectly over a number of years. The Local won the case at 3rd Step and won a total of $42,000 for members who were paid incorrectly.

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Photos top, pages 4 & 5: October 9, Vice President Mike Baxter leads AT&T

Mobility Stewards training class .

Photo page 5 bottom: November 4 Unity@

Mobility training for members. Retail, call

center, and technicians learn about union

history, bargaining, and mobilization, taught by

Frank Oliva and Heather Trainor.

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before arbitration, and technicians got an average of $1300.

Watch Engineers.In November, 2011 Verizon split

the Watch Engineers into two differ-ent groups: Real Estate and Global Critical Facility Organization. There was no canvas, nor did the Company go by inverse seniority.

Local 1101 and other locals filed many grievances but the Company continued to insist it was merely a re-organization.

Six months later, the company

With Informed Stewards & Membersbegan increasing the use of contractors in Real Estate because there were so few watch engineers left in the group. Real Estate even put in SPVs for the positions the members were forced out of, because the work load was too great.

At the same time Local 1101 Vice President Al Russo, Business Agent Ken Beckett, District 1 staff, and the Watch Engineers Chief Stewards continued to meet with the company and show them all the problems with the “reorganization”.

When the Global Critical Facility Organization was again re-organized under Network Services, Verizon agreed to send the watch engineers back to Real Estate.

After a two-year battle, Local 1101 Watch Engineers in Manhat-tan, the Bronx and Westchester will be back doing the job they were hired for.

UAP Reps Back At Arms Acres & Conifer

During bargaining in 2012, Liberty Management agreed to reimplement a Union Assistance Program at Arms Acres and Conifer Park for union

members who work there. Both lo-cations now have a bargaining unit member as a designated UAP represen-tative to help fellow union members deal with mental health or substance abuse problems.

Arms Acres UAP rep: Patricia Vandia: 914-582-7509. Conifer Park UAP rep: Christopher A Pulley: 518-952-8136.

Bargaining Independent Contracts

Local 1101 contracts with a num-ber of independent companies expired Aug 3, 2013 and we are currently in bargaining with them. Local 1101 represents approximately 300 mem-bers at independent companies spread out throughout the downstate area.

Bargaining At CWPost/LIU We are also currently in contract

negotiations at CWPost, where Local 1101 represents the adjunct professors. The current contract expired October 31, 2013. We’ve had a number of successful grievance wins at CWPost recently, including helping resolve disputes over seniority issues.


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Firings OverturnedAt Verizon and ECS

A technician out of Zerega Av-enue was fired in 2012. Local 1101 won his case at 3rd step. (See photo caption for details).

A field coordinator out of Empire City Subway was fired in Novem-ber 2009. The Union won his case at arbitration and he was brought back in April of 2012. He was made whole: his time was bridged, he was granted back pay of more than $165,000 and his 401k was made whole.

A technician out of the old Bronx River garage was fired in 2009. The Union won his arbitration case and he was brought back to Wyatt Avenue in June, 2013. He was made whole: his time was bridged, he was granted back pay of more than $274,000, his 401k made whole and his record expunged.

A technician out of Corporate Telecommunications Services (CTS) at West 36 Street was fired in August of 2012. Local 1101 won his case at 3rd step and he was brought back to work in December, 2012.

A technician out of CTS at East 56 Street was suspended for 10 days pending dismissal in July of 2013. Local 1101 won his case at 2nd step and he was brought back on the 10th day.

A technician out of 132nd Street was fired. The Local won his case at 2nd step.

A technician out of 129th Street was fired. Local 1101 won his

case at 3rd step and he was returned to work.

An escort out of 129th Street was fired and he was brought back to work after two weeks and made whole.

A technician out of 79th Street was fired. The dismissal was reduced to a 2 day suspension and he was re-

Fighting Terminations and Suspensions At Verizon, Empire City Subway, AT&T

turned to work. A technician out of 47th St was

fired. Local 1101 won his case at third step and he was returned to work at a Queens location.

A technician out of COEI was fired. Local 1101 won his case at 2nd step and he was returned to work.

See first paragraph this page: Bronx Vice President Pat LaScala and Business Agent Joe Ventola with TJ Stokes (center) when he came back to work and received his back pay award. Local 1101 contested Met Life’s disability determination and challenged Verizon’s refusal to accommodate TJ’s restrictions. We won the case and TJ was awarded full back pay of $80,000, reimbursement for the money he paid for medical expenses, his time bridged, and his 401K made whole.

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Firings OverturnedAt AT&T Mobility

A retail sales consultant from the 425 Lexington Avenue store was fired for alleged attendance issues and brought back to work after the 1st step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from 1103 Third Avenue store was fired for alleged attendance issues and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from 1103 Third Avenue store was fired for alleged RSSM issues and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from the 381 Fordham Rd store was fired for an alleged Code of Business Conduct (COBC) violation and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from Soho store was fired for an alleged COBC violation and brought back after the 3rd step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from the Times Square store was fired for an alleged COBC violation and brought back after the 2nd step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from the Times Square store was fired for al-leged RSSM issues and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

A technician out of Dyre Avenue was fired in 2008. This case is the lead case on drivers’ license violations for CWA District One. Under the agree-ment the member will get a settlement and early return to work at Wyatt Avenue instead of going through a lengthy arbitration procedure.

A driver B out of 132 Street was fired in 2013. The Local won his case at 2nd step and he was brought back to work in 15 days..

January Labor Class At Local

Local 1101, in partnership with Cornell University’s Labor Stud-ies Program, is offering labor studies classes at the Local.

The next class will be “Labor His-tory”, and will be held Monday evenings at the Local beginning January 27th. If you’re interested in registering for the class email Pam Galpern at

[email protected]

A retail sales consultant from the International Toy Center store was fired for an alleged COBC violation and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

A retail sales consultant from the 600 Sixth Avenue store was fired for alleged attendance issues and brought back after the 1st step grievance. An-other retail sales consultant was fired from the same store and brought back within a few hours of Local 1101 get-ting involved.

A retail sales consultant from the 453 86th Street store was fired and brought back after the 1st step grievance.

Verizon hired Fortune Metals to do removal work of copper cables at the World Trade Center site. When confronted by Executive Board mem-bers on site the company agreed to re-move the contractors from the site that evening and the work was returned to the line gang.

Verizon had Corbell contractors doing drilling and snaking work for FiOS installations. Any point of entry (POE) drilling is bargaining unit work and should be done by our members.

After numerous meetings be-tween Verizon management and Local 1101 Vice Presidents Mike Baxter and Al Russo, Business Agents Val Valentino and Pete Torres, and CWA National Staff Representative Billy Gallagher, the company agreed that all drilling (with the exception of vertical core drilling) would be done by our members.

Verizon also had contractors

doing FiOS drops instead of the Veri-zon molding gang. Local 1101 repre-sentatives proved to management that it should be our work. The company agreed to stop having the contractors do the work and it went back to our molding gang out of West 26 St.

Over 1000 Suspension Days Overturned

At Verizon and ECS

Verizon and ECS have been ex-tremely aggressive in doling out lengthy suspensions. We’ve fought tooth and nail through the grievance procedure to get suspensions overturned. Through the hard work of 1101’s Stewards, Chief Stewards, Business Agents and Vice Presidents we’ve gotten over 1000 suspension days overturned for 1101 members at Verizon and Empire City Subway

Fighting ContractingProtecting Our Work


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The by-laws change proposes that every member who has been in continual good standing for five years preceding 10/25/2013 shall receive a benefit of $1101 now and $1101 when they retire. Members can choose to defer the first payment of $1101 and receive a total of $2202 when they retire, as long as they have been a member of Local 1101 in continuous good standing for the five years prior to their retirement.

In addition, if deferring the initial benefit of $1101 please be aware of the following. According to federal law and IRS regulations, if a member de-fers the first payment of $1101 until retirement, that $1101 will still be taxed in the year it could have been received (in this case 2014). This is called “construc-tive receipt” (26 C.F.R. Sec 1.451-2), which means the benefit is taxable as income in the year when the option can be exercised, regardless of whether or not the benefit is actually received in that year.

If a member has not paid $1101 in dues at the time of the disbursement, he/she will receive an amount commensurate with what he/she has paid in dues so far.

The exact language of the proposed changes is listed under “Amendment to the CWA Local 1101 Retirement Trust Plan”. See page 11 of the Generator.

2. Compensation for Union Business (Article XXII)

All members and officers of Local 1101 who have to be pulled off for union business will be reimbursed for any lost time, paid at the same rate of pay they receive from their respective titles for a combined total of 40 hours a week. The hours that the Local pays for union business are considered “lost time wages”, since they are wages not paid by the employer.

Since taking office the Executive Board has worked hard to find ways to cut costs at the Local. President Keith Purce worked with the by-laws committee, members Anthony Hall, Nancy Branham, and War-ren Donofrio, to figure out how best to reduce costs.

The Executive Board is recommending three changes to the Local’s by-laws. One is a restructuring of the Retirement Trust Fund to give every current 1101 member a disbursement of $1101. Two are to save money on lost time wages and officers’ salaries.

Every Local 1101 member will get a ballot in the mail soon and will be able to vote on each change indi-vidually. The Local has contracted with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) to conduct the vote.

In the meantime we wanted to give members the opportunity to read over the proposed changes. The final ballot will be mailed by the AAA.

1. Revise the Local Retirement Trust Fund to allow for the disbursement of $1101 to each Local 1101 member (Article XXI)

The Local Retirement Trust Fund currently has a balance of more than $9 million dollars, which is more than is necessary to fund the current disbursement of $2000 at each member’s retirement. The Executive Board pledged to disburse some of this money to the Local’s membership now, while making sure to keep the Fund solvent.

The money in the Retirement Trust Fund can only be used to make direct payments to members, and there are strict rules about how the money can be disbursed. Local 1101 Secretary-Treasurer, Kevin Condy, has been working with the lawyers and ac-countants to determine how best to restructure the Local Retirement Trust Fund in compliance with all laws and tax regulations.

Proposed By-Laws Changes

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Under the Local’s current by-laws, compensation for lost time wages is paid at top craft pay. Not every member or officer works for Verizon, however and not every Verizon employee is at top craft pay. Paying members and officers at the actual rate of pay they would be paid by their respective employer will save the Local tens of thousands of dollars a year

3. A 5% pay cut for the Executive Board (Article XXII C)

Executive Board members currently receive offi-cers’ pay as detailed in Article XXII (C) of the current by-laws. This by-laws change would cut the Executive Board members’ pay by 5%.

Ballots Will Be Mailed Soon

NOTES: A change to #1 above, the Retirement Trust Fund,

requires a 2/3 majority of the ballots cast, as per the rules of the Retirement Trust Fund itself. A change to #2 and #3 above requires a majority (50% + 1) of the ballots cast.

The proposed language for the by-laws changes described above is listed in the following pages. Strike through means language that will be removed, bold text is language that will be added.

Excerpted here are the pages that would include the proposed changes. The full by-laws can be found on the Local’s website www.local1101.org at right sidebar.

ARTICLE XXILOCAL TRUST FUND

Beginning in the year 2011, the Local shall cause an audit of the funds of the Retirement Trust, to ascer-tain the solvency of the plan. If necessary the Local shall annually pay a sum of money ($120,000 minimum) to the Local Retirement Trust for the purpose of providing lump sum cash payments, as agreed upon by the Trustees and approved by the Executive Board of the Local, to each member of the Local who, on the date of his or her retirement is, and has been for at least the five (5) consecutive years immediately preceding the date of said retirement, a member in good standing of the Local, or who is otherwise eligible for benefits under terms of the Plan.

The Trustees of the Local Retirement Trust shall be the President and the Secretary Treasurer of the Local,

ex-officio. A trust agreement between the Local and the Trustees defining the administrative procedures, the duties of the Trustees, and any other matters as may be proper in such agreement, shall be presented to the Local Executive Board for their approval.

In the event that at any time the Local becomes unable to meet the annual payments to the Trust, or the assets of the Trust become inadequate to meet the retirement payments, the Trustees shall so report to the membership for appropriate action.

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ARTICLE XXIICOMPENSATION FOR UNION BUSINESS

A) Members of the Local shall receive compensation commensurate to the highest basic weekly wage of his respective craft for any period of time that will be paid for “lost time” from regularly scheduled hours with their employer at their regular rate of pay for time spent on duly authorized business of the Local.

B) The local Executive Board shall be compensated at an annual rate as follows Officers and Executive Board members shall receive compensation commensurate to the highest basic weekly rate of top craft for any period of time that they are engaged in duly authorized business of the local will be paid for “lost time” from regularly scheduled hours with their employer at their regular rate of pay for time spent on duly authorized business of the Local. Officers and Executive Board members shall not be entitled to overtime compensation under any circumstances. C) For purposes of the foregoing:1. Compensation for lost time will be made at the individual’s regular rate of pay. 2. Compensation for lost time hall not exceed eight (8) hours on any day or forty (40) hours in any week. 3. Compensation for lost time for partial days, combined with the normal scheduled hours paid by the employer, shall not exceed eight (8) hours on any day. 4. A copy of the individual’s pay stub from the employer showing hourly rate of pay, the number of unpaid Union (i.e., lost time) hours and the number of hours paid by the employer will be required for reimbursement of lost time prior to any such payments being issued. D) In addition to the compensation provided in Paragraph (B) above, the Officers and Executive Board members shall be compensated at an annual rate, payable in fifty-two (52) installments as follows:President ……………………90 85% of top craft rate Vice President ....………… 75 70% of top craft rate Treasurer/Secretary ... 75 70% of top craft rateSecretary .......... ....75% of top craft pay Business Agent ....……… … 60 55% of top craft rate

Plus all benefits available to the general membership under the collective bargaining agreement covering their employ-ment, excluding the pension benefit.

E) The Chief Stewards and the Job Stewards shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Executive Board.

F) There shall be no exceptions to the rules set forth in this Article.

CWA just won a major arbitration case at AT&T Mobility regarding the company’s removal of members’ chairs. An arbitrator ruled in the Union’s favor in a case regarding the company’s removal of employees’ chairs at retail stores. As part of the settlement the company will also

This Just In: Big Arbitration Win!AT&T Mobility Ordered To Pay $7 Million To Retail Employees

be required to provide chairs for the retail sales consul-tants (RSCs) and Sales Support Representatives (SSRs). A judge has to sign off on the settlement, and it will become effective as of that date. We will keep members posted when that happens.

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Amendment toCommunications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Local 1101

Retirement Trust Plan WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Local 1101 Retirement Trust Plan (The “Plan”) provides that the Plan may be amended by approval of the Union’s Executive Board followed by a vote of the membership; and WHEREAS, the Plan’s assets are derived entirely from membership dues, plus interest and investment appreciation thereon; andWHEREAS, the Executive Board has determined that the expenses of operating the Plan, including investment management fees tied to the amount of assets under investment management, are excessive, and that such expenses can and should be reduced by returning a portion of the Plan’s assets to the membership through an additional plan benefit; andWHEREAS, the Executive Board has determined that to limit the depletion of the Plan’s assetsoccasioned by the above-described additional benefit, the amount of the benefit payable at retirement should be reduced; andWHEREAS, the Executive Board resolved to present an amendment to the membership for approval.NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

1. Section 2 shall be amended to add a subsection making members who have been in continuous good standing for five years as of 10/25/13 and who have not received a retirement benefit from the Plan prior to that date eligible for a benefit as further described in this amendment, to read as follows:

Section 2 – Eligibility for Benefits

2.1 Any member who has been in continuous good standing for the five (5) Years prior to retire ment, and who is retiring as described in paragraph 1.7 of section1, shall be entitled to the benefits in Section 3 upon retirement.

2.2 Any member who has been in continuous good standing for the five (5) Years preceding 10/25/13 and who has not received a benefit under this Plan prior to ratification, shall receive the benefit described in Section 3A

2. The heading on Section 3 shall be amended to “Retirement Benefits” and Section 3.1(a) shall be amended to reduce the amount of benefit payment thereunder upon Retirement to $1101, effective ________, 2013 to read as follows:

Section 3- Retirement Benefits

3.1(a) Each member described in Section 2.1 who retires shall be entitled to $1101.

3. A new Section 3A shall be added as follows

Section 3A – Dues Refund Benefit

Each member described in Section 2.2 shall receive a payment equaling the lesser of (a) $1101 or (b) the total dues paid by such member over the five (5) years preceeding the date set forth in Section 2.2

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On Friday, October 11 CWA Local 1101 members came to work early, wore red, marched in together, held lunch-time meetings, stood up at work - all in solidarity with our fellow CWA members in their fight for a good contract at Verizon West. Above: 395 Flatbush Ext.

For pictures from many other locations that day go to the Local 1101 website www.local1101.org click on the right on photos and then click on In Solidarity with our Brothers and Sister at Verizon West, October 11, 2013

Solidarity From East to West

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