Members of the Communications Workers of America at Verizon Core Company overwhelmingly ratified a three-year agreement, approving the contract with greater than 90 percent "yes" vote.

The agreement achieves workers’ key goals, including the creation of more than 2,500 new union jobs through the elimination of subcontracting in many job areas, the conversion of temporary jobs to permanent ones, and new work on Verizon’s cutting edge FiOS technology, for example. It provides for a compounded wage increase of 10.87 percent over the contract term, maintains quality health care for active and retired workers and increases pension bands.

The contract extends union recognition to several hundred former MCI technicians at Verizon Business who have been seeking union representation for nearly two years, and includes new opportunities for union workers to provide customer support and service at Verizon Business.

The agreement covers more than 50,000 CWA-represented workers at Verizon. Retro-active pay compensation back to August 3, 2008 will be reflected in the October 31, 2008 pay check.

Members of the Communications Workers of America at Verizon Connected Solutions Incorporated have ratified a new three-year agreement, approving the contract with a 60 percent "yes" vote. The agreement achieves workers’ key goals, including a clear pathway for the VCSI members to transfer to the CORE Company. It provides for a compounded wage increase of 11.68 percent over the contract term. Retro-active pay compensation back to August 3, 2008 will be reflected in the October 31, 2008 pay check.