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Last week thousands of us took to the streets to send a message to Verizon: No more tax-dodging and no more attacking middle-class jobs. We also took to YouTube. Over 80,000 people have watched this video, which features real union members talking about our fight for good middle-class jobs at Verizon.
We are getting the word out but we can do more. Will you help us reach 100,000 views by watching the video then sharing it with your friends and family members?
It’s time to mobilize to make Verizon agree to a fair and just contract. Members like you are pledging four hours a week to the mobilization effort at their workplaces and at community events.
Take a few minutes now to support the online mobilization by watching and sharing this important video: http://www.youtube.com/cwaunion
And get ready to picket on Thursday! Wear RED!
Posted on: Jan 18, 2012Verizon's Demands Still Outragous
Yes Verizon members are working, yes they are earning a paycheck and yes their benefits are continuing as they were on August 6, 2011, but its no time to relax and think mobilization is somebody else’s job. These were Verizon’s Core Demands just a few weeks ago and they haven’t changed by much.
No mention of a Wage Increase
Eliminate Pensions:
Eliminate pension accruals. For all current employees, your pension would be frozen as of December 31, 2011 and no new employee would receive a pension.
Eliminate the Pension Cash-Out option.
Modify the 401(k) Plan and reduce the Corporate Profit Sharing (CPS).
Eliminate Sickness Death Benefits
Eliminate Job Security:
Eliminate the Job Security Provisions for all employees.
Eliminate the Movement of Work Protection
Eliminate the 35 mile transfer provision
Eliminate provisions in Force Adjustment Plan
Eliminate New Contracting Initiatives agreement – which would allow them to increase the level of contracting
Eliminate Benefits:
Eliminate the current health care, prescription, dental, and vision plans and offer plans with high deductibles and premiums.
Active Employees – Annual
Premiums range from $1026 for single to $4580 family
And
Increase deductibles in network to $850 single - $ 2250 for family
Increase deductibles out of network to $1,000 for single - $3,000 for family
And
Increase Out of Pocket Maximum to $2,000 for single and $6,000 for family
And
Increase co-pays for specialist to $25.
CWA Parodys' Vz DVD
CWA produced this parody of the Verizon Video; it’s a joke but, make no mistake the nonsense they are shoveling in bargaining is no joke. Verizon is trying to kill our Middle-Class jobs, stay in the fight against Verizon & Verizon Wireless for a fair contract.
Report: Verizon wireline assets sale could make strategic sense
A new Goldman Sachs report theorizes that if Verizon (NYSE: VZ) sold off its consumer wireline assets it would pave a smoother way toward merging its wireless operations with those of its partner Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L).
"The remaining wireless and enterprise businesses (of Verizon) would have faster growth and a clear fit with Vodafone's assets and strategy, making it a more attractive merger partner," said Goldman Sachs analyst Tim Boddy.
Over the past year, Verizon and Vodafone have been working more closely together with a particular emphasis on global enterprise customers. However, as reported in FierceWirelessEurope, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said in September not to expect a merger in the near term.
If history is an indicator, the idea of Verizon selling off its remaining wireline assets isn't all that far-fetched. The service provider entered a somewhat unprecedented relationship with three of the largest cable operators in December to not only purchase spectrum, but sell each other's services.
"Given that it no longer faces the threat of integrated cable competitors, Verizon could potentially spin off its remaining Consumer Wireline assets," along with "large" pension and benefit liabilities, Boddy said in the report.
Besides its new agreement with the cable operators, Verizon has been busy selling off a large chunk of its wireline assets, mainly in its secondary and rural markets.
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) President and CEO Lowell McAdam made it clear this week during the UBS Warburg conference that they have a set a goal to where they ultimately want to reach in building out FiOS Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service.
During the event, McAdam said that "for now the bottom line is we are going to build out what we said and not anymore."
While not setting a specific timeline or how many more markets it would reach with FiOS, the service provider has currently built out the service to 16 million POPs (point of presence) with ultimate plans to reach between 18-21 POPs.
However, McAdam added that if it can improve the cost structure on FiOS it will look at ways to scale it further.
"We developed a strategy with FiOS whereby if it puts FiOS down the street regardless of the services on the street we're going to move everything over to FiOS and get the copper out of service," he said. "That changes the scale and the cost structure associated with FiOS. If I can get some rhythm on that and be more efficient on the ONTs and what goes on inside the house, the economics of FiOS becomes better."
Before they reach their buildout goals, one area that Verizon is likely to continue to pursue with FTTH is the multidwelling unit (MDU), particularly in the New York City market.
"The big opportunity for us with FiOS is the MDUs," McAdam said. "If you go into New York it's been one of the higher incremental gain penetration markets for us because we gotten into these MDUs and I think that will be a great opportunity for us."
It's not a bad time to target MDU FTTH opportunities either.
The advent of compact optical network terminals (ONTs) by manufacturers like Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Motorola (NYSE: MSI) in addition to new advancements fiber connectors, conduits and other innovations like bendable from the likes of Corning and 3M are making it easier for service providers to deploy FTTH services in buildings built well before the age of fiber.
While its flagship New York City and other large cities in its footprint will be the focus of the MDU fiber drive, the service provider has yet to target areas like Boston.
Regardless, the timing for a speech on winding down FiOS deployments comes on the heels of its new agreement with three major cable operators--Bright House, Comcast and Time Warner Cable--to purchase their spectrum and a series of joint service cross-selling agreements of each other's products and services.
The move with the cable operators announced last week provides an obvious benefit to its wireless network with a supply of unused spectrum from the joint cable operator-run Spectrum Co. However, the deal also has some interesting implications for the wireline network.
In addition to Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) reselling Verizon Wireless services, Verizon itself will be able to potentially resell cable services, including high speed data and video, as part of an integrated quad play bundle that would include wireless/wireline services to serve customers outside of its existing FiOS footprint.
Given the fact that FiOS is not universally available across its footprint, Verizon's plan allows it to quickly ramp up a suite of higher speed broadband and video services to customers that have had little options besides slow DSL service and satellite service.
Of course, the details such as pricing and what and where such a bundle of how exactly this will work out are still in question. In addition to having a quad bundle, McAdam said potential applications could include videoconferencing applications that work, for example, between the PC, the TV and the tablet computer.
This is not the only time telcos and cable operators have worked together, nor that a telco had a major stake in a cable operator. The former US West, now CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), had a separate division it held under its US West Media Group.
Later, the legacy AT&T (NYSE: T) led by then-President and CEO Mike Armstrong beat out Comcast to purchase the assets for a whopping $62 billion as part of his dream to reenter the local phone business. Ironically, Comcast ended up purchasing AT&T Cable/AT&T Broadband.
While it's clear that Verizon sees light at end of the FiOS deployment tunnel, and the relationship with cable allows it to quickly ramp up its service portfolio, hopefully it will tread carefully and steer clear of the mistakes others made in the past.--Sean
Verizon to fill in FiOS gaps with home LTE wireless service
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has indicated that it will be soon offering a new fixed home-based LTE wireless service targeting areas where it has not rolled out FiOS to challenge satellite broadband providers.
According to a DSLReports article, the service provider revealed its plans during its Q3 2011 conference call. It's likely that the home wireless service will build off the test it conducted in in Erie, Pa., with DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) last year.
"You're going to see that come in the fourth quarter with the--what we now call the Cantenna which is not a commercial name obviously, but it's the antenna that we actually trialed with DirecTV, which was extremely successful," said Fran Shammo, CFO of Verizon in response to a question about launching the LTE in-home product on a national scale.
Given the slow speeds and latency that comes with satellite broadband service, Verizon's offering could be a breath of fresh air to rural subscribers that have had little Internet access options. What's more, Verizon could also use the new wireless service to woo former wireline customers that it sold off to Frontier (NYSE: FTR) and FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP).
This is not the first time Verizon has toyed with a wireless-based home service. Last fall, the service provider launched its Home Phone Connect service that essentially provides a bridge between the wireline and wireless voice service domains.
One of the other questions, of course, is whether the broader launch of the LTE service means that Verizon will only upgrade existing FiOS markets where it has a video operating franchise, leaving other large cities, including Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore and Alexandria without the service.
"Now those lines that are outside that FiOS and outside of any potential of passing ever with FiOS we will continue to be competitive in this area but I think it's going to be around LTE," Shammo said. "We're not going to invest a lot of capital in the copper core network in those outlying areas. But I think we have a strategic bundle that we can go into those households with, give them a better experience than their currently having on their DSL line from a bundling of the wireless portfolio that we have."
However, a Verizon spokesman would not comment about anything beyond what Shammo said during the earnings call.
One of the goals of the Healthcare Coordinating Council is to create, develop and maintain a website that is specific to supporting the activities of CWA District 1 Healthcare Worker Locals.
This will be an interactive website and we would like to illicit articles, from members that depict positive and thought invoking ideas, stories, good news and other articles that you would like to share with all, of thehealthcare Locals within District 1.
We are looking for articles from members to upload into these categories:
Good News (Examples….Why I Love my Union, What does being in a union mean to me, How being in a union has helped me or others etc…)
Take Action (Examples…. Upcoming events or union related activities that you would like to make known throughout the district, etc…)
Member Feedback (Examples….how do you like the website, what would you like to see included in our website, how can we improve our website, would you like to see us on Facebook, twitter, youtube? How can we make it more interesting? etc…..)
Remember….the more we hear from you the better our website will be!
Please feel free to email us at dist1hcc@gmail.com
June 23rd, 2011 will be the first day of bargaining for the Verizon contract. Negotiations will be held at the Rye Town Hilton. CWA throughout the North East will be hosting rallies before the first day of bargaining to let Verizon know that we stand together for a fair contract.
Each and every member can have an effect on getting a good fair contract by being an active participant in all contract mobilization activities. It is for that reason; your Executive Board is asking every Member to participate in the informational picketing at every garage location half an hour before your tour begins for the day on June 22nd. See your steward for more information.
FiOS Deployment Study Bill
Members are asked to click the link and send the email from home (DO NOT USE COMPANY COMPUTERS OR COMPANY BLACKBERRIES).
The White House this week reiterated its determination to press forward with trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, and legislation is expected to face mark-up in Congress this summer.
The disappointing announcement foreshadows a fierce battle between labor and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has pledged to step up its lobbying and advertising campaign in favor of the agreements.
We at CWA will intensity our efforts to point out flaws in the Colombian agreement in particular. The agreement and unenforceable action plan fail to secure collective bargaining rights for Colombian workers and fail to protect Colombian union leaders who stand up for bargaining rights from murder; between 2005 and 2009, more trade unionists were murdered in Colombia than in the rest of the world combined.
Already, CWA members across the country are actively opposing the proposal, delivering hand-written letters to members of Congress and educating our colleagues and communities about what a backward step the agreement would be. Workers in Colombia are classified out of existence by being named “cooperatives.” As a result, they have no bargaining rights or social security rights.
Leading House Democrats have written President Obama and urged him to require Colombia to take credible, achievable steps to comply with internationally recognized labor rights; protect unionists and other rights activists from violence, attacks and threats; and break with its long history of antagonism toward labor.
“One of the most important ways we can safeguard the ability of American families to make a living and keep their jobs is by guaranteeing they are not in competition with workers in other countries whose wages are kept low not simply because their countries are poor but because they lack the essential democratic rights that American workers have to improve their standards of living – the right to speak out, to protest, to organize unions, to bargain collectively and directly with their employers, and to freely support political efforts to improve their economic condition,” the members wrote Obama. “Colombia, sadly, stands out as a country where wages are kept low and workers are repressed through widespread violence against employees trying to better their lot.”
Verizon has notified the National Union that they intend to use independent contractors to perform all the work associated with the following functions:
Corporate Telecom Services
Cable Locate Work
Coin Collection Work
Fiber Solutions Center Work
We have responded to the Company that their notification to us was a wake up call to our membership. Clearly this notification shows their intent to move all the work to contractors. This was not a simple “six (6) month notification letter” but part of a Strategic Corporate Plan to destroy our bargaining unit. If Verizon believes they can destroy our Union they should know that they may get destroyed in the process.
It is time for every member to send a message to their managers. We have had enough. We are tired of Verizon sending our work to contractors. We are not taking it any more. It’s time to Fight Back !
Beginning April 4, 2011, on the National Day of Action, CWA will join forces with all Unions in this country and form a coalition with many organizations in this country to fight back.
Every member must be ready to Mobilize on April 4, 2011. There will be Mobilization at the worksite during the day and there will be separate events in the evening throughout the country and in your area. We will have more details about both activities next week.
On April 4, 2011 let’s send Verizon and the rest of Corporate America a clear message and tell them exactly what we feel about their notification letter. We are tired of Verizon sending our work to contractors. We have had enough. It’s time to Fight Back !!
As the events in Wisconsin unfold it is quite evident that our way of life is under attack. The effects of an anti-Union agenda in Wisconsin are in the media daily. It is time to stand tall and united against those that want to destroy our way of life. Large corporations and big banks are being bailed out; when at the same time the attack on the middle class is relentless.
It is difficult to understand how Union workers, who account for only twelve percent (12%) of the total workforce in this country, are now being blamed for many of the economic woes that we are currently facing. We have been asked by our National Union to wear red this Friday, February 25, as a sign of solidarity with our union brothers and sisters across the nation.
Our National Union has requested that members attend the rally this Friday on the steps of the statehouse in Trenton New Jersey as a show of solidarity. The president of CWA Larry Cohen and president of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka are expected to speak at this very important rally. I hope everyone will do their best to show support for unionism.
In solidarity,
Sean P McAvoy
President CWA Local 1111
The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 48.75 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on Feb. 1, 2011, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on Jan. 10, 2011.
Verizon has approximately 2.7 million shareowners and approximately 2.8 billion shares of common stock outstanding. The company has made $4.0 billion in dividend payments in the first three quarters of 2010.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 93 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 195,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $107 billion.
Verizon Comments on FCC Chairman's Proposed Net Neutrality Rules
WASHINGTON – December 1, 2010 –
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday (Dec. 1) laid out his proposal for rules dealing with the issue of net neutrality. The following statement should be attributed to Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications:
"Verizon appreciates the efforts of Chairman Genachowski to seek a consensus on the contentious issue of net neutrality.
"The stated objective of this initiative - an open Internet - is not at issue. In fact, we are the only major ISP that has publicly embraced non-discrimination obligations for both its wire line and wireless broadband Internet access services. We are walking the talk. We are doing so because we believe this is good for our customers and good for our business.
"The only issue is the extent to which the FCC should regulate in this area. In this fast-moving marketplace, inappropriate regulation can be very harmful to consumers, companies, and the ability of this industry to create jobs, provide new services, and be an engine for economic growth. That is why it is so important that policymakers get this right.
"In tackling this issue, the FCC is hamstrung by an antiquated communications statute. That's why this issue should be addressed by Congress. Verizon has consistently called on Congress to update and reform the statute and adopt public policies that will encourage an open Internet, as well as promote investment and innovation across the Internet marketplace.
"If the FCC decides to act on the net neutrality issue, we urge the commissioners to recognize the limitations of the current statute and the rapidly changing conditions in the marketplace and make any rules it adopts interim, rather than permanent. Specifically, the commission should consider the framework of the Waxman proposal, including its sunset provision. The FCC's authority to act in this area is uncertain, and Congress has indicated a strong interest in addressing this issue; interim rules would encourage congressional action, while showing appropriate deference to Congress.
"We do not know the provisions of the proposal the chairman has circulated to the other commissioners, and we will reserve judgment until the document is made public and we have a chance to review it. We will continue to work constructively with the FCC and other policymakers on these issues."
New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Offer Launches Consumers Into Broadband's Fastest Lane
Powerful Speed Tier Becomes Nation's Fastest Mass-Market Internet Service
NEW YORK – November 22, 2010 –
Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service - the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation - over the company's all-fiber-optic FiOS network. The company has begun to roll out the ultra-high-speed service to the majority of the more than 12.5 million homes that the FiOS network passes, and will make the service available to Verizon FiOS small-business customers by the end of the year.
Verizon's new Internet service surpasses competitors' offers by pumping three times the downstream speed previously available to FiOS customers.
"By offering the fastest mass-market Internet service in the nation, we're supporting the immediate and future speed needs of bandwidth-hungry consumers," said Eric Bruno, Verizon vice president of product management. "The new 150/35 Mbps FiOS Internet offer establishes a new benchmark for high-speed Internet in America, and paves the way for a flurry of emerging bandwidth-intensive applications to reach mainstream status."
The Difference for Customers
With a downstream speed of 150 Mbps, consumers can download a two-hour, standard-definition movie (1.5 gigabytes) in less than 80 seconds, and a two-hour HD movie (5 GB) in less than four and a half minutes.
Downloading 20 high-resolution photographs (100 megabytes) would take less than five and a half seconds using the 150/35 Mbps service. With the 35 Mbps upstream speed, consumers can upload those same 20 high-resolution photos in less than 23 seconds.*
The 150/35 Mbps residential offer will be available to the majority of FiOS-eligible households, and sold as a stand-alone service starting at $194.99 a month when purchased with a one-year service agreement and Verizon wire line voice service.
Verizon will continue to offer on a stand-alone basis its next-fastest FiOS Internet speed of 50/20 Mbps, as well as its 25/25 and 15/5 speed tiers. FiOS Internet speeds of 35/35 Mbps, 25/25 Mbps and 15/5 Mbps will continue to be available in double-, triple- and quadruple-play bundles matched with FiOS TV, FiOS Digital Voice and Verizon Wireless service.
Bruno said the 150/35 Mbps tier takes advantage of Verizon's robust all-digital, all-fiber-optic network, which extends directly to consumers' homes and will ultimately serve 18 million households. The new speed tier will provide immediate value to consumers already using applications that require high downstream and upstream bandwidth.
"Our new 150/35 Mbps offer will also support burgeoning bandwidth-intensive applications such as Internet video to TV and PC, 3D TV and movie downloads, high-definition and real-time video conferencing, and online data backup," said Bruno.
Amy Lind, broadband research manager for the global technology market intelligence firm IDC, said: "This is about more than Verizon zooming to the top of the broadband speed chart. It's a reflection of Verizon's vision. Verizon understands that this kind of bandwidth will fuel new product and service development down the road and is poised to allow its customers to reap the benefits of those innovations in the future."
Introduction of the new 150/35 Mbps FiOS Internet service follows recent Verizon field trials that achieved connection speeds of nearly 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), both downstream and upstream. When a more advanced XG-PON2 technology was connected to the network several weeks later, connection speeds of 10 Gbps were reached on Verizon's fiber-optic network.
Once service is connected, Verizon FiOS Internet customers have access to the Verizon In-Home Agent, a free application that gives them valuable tools to set up services. In-Home Agent will help customers configure Wi-Fi links, set up and manage voice mail, auto-fix video problems, and trouble-shoot and correct Internet issues - all with the simple click of a mouse
Frontier Buys Verizon Operations
Zacks Equity Research, On Friday July 2, 2010, 8:36 am EDT
Frontier Communication (NYSE: FTR - News), a provider of telecommunications services as an incumbent local exchange carrier, completed its acquisition of Verizon Communications’ (NYSE: VZ - News) local wireline operations across 14 states for $5.3 billion.
Frontier focuses mainly on small towns and rural areas. With the acquisition, the company has taken control over 4.8 million Verizon phone lines, tripling its size to become the largest rural-only service provider in the United States. Frontier will now offer voice, satellite video, high-speed internet, wireless Internet data access, FiOS and other services to more than 4 million residential and business customers in 27 states.
Verizon shareholders are receiving $5.3 billion in Frontier common stock and Verizon is receiving $3.3 billion in cash. Verizon shareholders will now have ownership of 68% of Frontier stock, effective immediately after the transaction. The completed transaction will boost earnings and provide cost synergies of approximately $500 million, which will drive Frontier’s profitability and free cash flow generation.
Frontier is expanding its high-speed Internet and satellite TV subscriber bases through aggressive bundled service offerings and promotional initiatives. Momentum for Frontier’s satellite video service remains strong attributable to aggressive promotional initiatives and increased market penetration of “Triple-Play (video, voice and Internet) bundled services which the company offers in collaboration with Echostar's DISH Network Corporation (NasdaqGS: DISH - News).
The merger with Verizon wireline operations enhance Frontier’s broadband deployment and high speed lines in institutions such as libraries, hospitals and government buildings in un-served and under-served communities. Frontier will deploy high-speed Internet of at least 3 megabits per second (Mbps) downstream to at least 85% of transferred lines by the end of 2013, and increase the speed to at least 4 Mbps downstream by the end of 2015.
Frontier remains significantly challenged by the fragile economic condition in its service territories and competes with the loss of legacy fixed telephony business to wireless and other competitive offerings. Approximately 65% of Frontier’s access lines are exposed to cable voice service offerings.
The persistent decline in access lines continues to tighten local service revenue, which accounts for most of Frontier’s overall revenues. The growing presence of Time Warner Cable’s (NYSE: TWC - News) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings in Rochester (Frontier’s largest non-rural market representing 25% of its total access lines) further impedes the company’s addressable market.
Attention CWA Retiree's
Recently we have had several inquiries regarding a local chapter of CWA/Verizon retirees. If you are interested in forming a retirees’ group please send an email to (cwa1111@cwalocal1111.com) or you can all the local office at 607 733 1111. We will need your name, address, phone number and email (if you have one). This will be a good opportunity to keep in touch with friends.
News for Frontier Communications members:
Breaking News:
October 18, 2011
Contract has been ratified
Sean P. McAvoy
President-CWA Local 1111
News for Arnot Health members:
News for Woodbrook Adult Home members:
News for Elmira School Bus members:
District bus garage/maintenance departments help with The Food Bank’s Backpack Program
More than 42,500 pounds of food was collected during The Food Bank of the Southern Tier’s third annual Fill the Bus Campaign. This food will help provide more than 12,000 packs of food for the Food Bank’s Backpack Program, which provides a bag of nutritious, easy-to-prepare food items to children at risk of hunger during weekends and holiday breaks (when they don’t have access to school meal programs).
From September 10-24, area school buses were parked in front of Wegmans stores in The Southern Tier during this community-wide food drive. The ElmiraCitySchool District was one of five districts that loaned their buses to collect the food, and district bus drivers delivered the food to the Food Bank.
The ElmiraCitySchool District’s maintenance department is helping the Backpack Program by delivering the food to the schools on a biweekly basis, where it will be distributed to students who are at greatest risk of hunger. Thanks to the staff at the bus garage and maintenance for their invaluable assistance!
The Food Bank is on track to distribute 52,000 packs of food to children in need throughout the 2010-11 school year across 19 school districts.
December 1, 2010
Elks Club to donate dictionaries to district third-graders next week
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, representatives from the local Elmira Elks Lodge #62, a fraternal and community service organization, will distribute dictionaries to approximately 510 third-grade students at eight elementary schools in the ElmiraCitySchool District. This is the sixth year that the local Elks organization has done so.
Dictionaries also will be given to each of the schools’ third-grade teachers and all home-schooled third-graders.
The Elmira Elks Lodge is located at 300 Gray Street, Elmira, and includes approximately 600 registered members. The annual dictionary giveaway is national in scope and is coordinated by the Elks National Foundation. Dictionaries are distributed to schoolchildren nationwide by approximately 2,200 Elks Lodges.
Funds for the dictionaries come primarily from Elks members’ donations. In addition, all unions from the ElmiraCitySchool District donated funds to pay for the dictionaries.
These include the Elmira Teachers Association (ETA), the Elmira Schools Supervisory and Administrative Council (ESSAC), the Instructional Support Employees Association (ISEA), the Custodial, Maintenance and Cafeteria Workers (CMCW) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA LOCAL 1111).
AFL-CIO
