Since last week Verizon workers have been working without a contract, the union and the company have both been at the bargaining table and stopped the clock on the contract expiration date. Well today (Sunday) according to our local website www.cwa1101.org, Verizon and CWA have reached an agreement. If you look back at my post from last weeks deadline you will see that my prediction was pretty close, all except for the 5 year agreement, Verizon only agreed on a 3 year contract. From CWA’s website: Following is a summary of the tentative agreement. Wages a. Effective 8/3/2008 3.25 % [...] Read more »
No strike yet…
As I suspected there is no strike as of yet against Verizon. If you have followed my blog you know I work for Verizon and our contract expired August 2, 2008. Everyone at work said that we were going on strike and it could be a long one, etc. I was the only one who kept saying that it would seem unlikely that Verizon would want to put us on the street. At the last minute the union and Verizon decided to stay at the bargaining table and continue working towards a new contract. Us employees were told to continue [...] Read more »
Michael’s Big Show
Today I attended a show that was put on by the after school program my son attends. It was a nice show from all the grades that attend the program, he had to perform a dance with a partner. I think he did quite well, but then again I am very biased. Read more »
Happy Earth Day!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Earth Day! Now get out there and recycle! Read more »
Macbook Photo Booth Fun
What do you get when you give a Macbook with Photo Booth to a Grand Mother and her Grand Daughter? Read more »
How to upload an image in Word Press
I have been asked many times by my clients “How do I upload an image in Word Press”? Instead of me telling everyone individually over and over again I thought why not post to my blog. So here is a very short and simple tutorial on how to upload an image to Word Press. It is assumed you are logged in and at the “Write Post” or “Write Page” screen and that you already have the title and body text written. Once you have the cursor where you want to insert an image you scroll down the page to the [...] Read more »
New York Street Pizza
How great is this picture? A feast for the birds… Read more »
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY! Read more »
Take down the flag… what?!
UPDATE: Please see the response from Verizon Business below this post. Everyone that knows me, knows that I am a big supporter of flying the American Flag. I just could not believe what I was reading when I clicked on this link PutUpTheFlag.org, it seems that a local manager at Verizon Business has decided that the American Flag can be construed as propaganda and offensive to some workers. From the website: Terry Skiest is a Verizon Business technician and a true American hero. As a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, he recently returned from his third tour of [...] Read more »
2nd Place Champions
Tonight was the final championship game for my Daughters basketball team. They have made it all the way to the final championship game for the regional division. We all had our fingers and toes crossed that they would take home the championship trophy! The team put up a great fight but in the end they were defeated. The team has won 2nd place regional champion! I think the whole team deserves a huge round of applause, they have worked very hard all year and really showed their team spirit to get to this point. Congratulations Visitation for winning the 2nd [...] Read more »
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