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This 10 page paper explains the process and strategies the union used on behalf of its membership. Issues are identified. The writer also comments on the outcome of the negotiations, the terms of the new five-year contract and criticizes the union for not gaining more for its membership. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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was reached. The contract covered over 60,000 employees. Breaking with tradition, the union did not call for a strike when the contract expired. This was an unexpected strategy; Verizon had
spent at least a year training managers across the country to take over the jobs when the workers walked out. They had also hired temporary employees from various agencies. The
so-called scabs were already in place, costing the company $7.5 million per day. Since CWA kept threatening to strike, Verizon could not simply dismiss all the people who would go
in if the employees went out on strike. Another strategy the union used was to solicit support from politicians at all levels. Open letters signed by these politicians appeared in
newspapers. Further, many joined the workers in rallies held before the work day. The new contract covered five years, an unheard of duration. However, it seems to this writer and
to others that the employees did not gain as much as they could have had they gone out on strike. At least one analyst asserted that the CWA and IBEW
(the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), the other union involved in these negotiations, of collaborating with companies at the expense of the workers. On August 2, 2003, the
labor contract between Verizon East and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) expired (Communications Workers of America, 2003). That contract covered over 60,000 employees (CWA LOCAL 2205, 2003). Historically, when
the contract ends without a new agreement, CWA workers walk out on strike (Davidson, 2003). That did not happen, the union held the threat of a strike over Verizon but
it did not call for a strike (Davidson, 2003). The company not only expected a strike, they had prepared for it (Davidson, 2003). When it was clear an agreement was
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