On January 13, 2017, CWA Local 1103 President Kevin Sheil was honored and received the Labor Partner Award from the Don Bosco Board of Directors.  This was due to our Local's efforts to fight against and eliminate wage theft in Port Chester, NY.   Wage theft is a crime.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lead the Civil Rights Movement and understood how law and labor were needed to affect the opportunity of working people to rise above and secure a decent standard of living.  On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motelin Memphis, Tennessee.  Dr. King was there to support the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. This was his second visit and march to be held with the strikers and members of the community demanding fairness.  King was just 39 years old when he was killed.  Here is a quote from a speech he made to the AFL-CIO in 1965:

“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed
misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles,
economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life. The captains of industry did not lead this transformation; they resisted it until they were overcome. When in the thirties the wave of union organization crested over the nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society.

Civilization began to grow in the economic life of man, and a decent life
with a sense of security and dignity became a reality rather than a distant dream.

It is a mark of our intellectual backwardness that these monumental
achievements of labor are still only dimly seen, and in all too many circles the term “union” is still synonymous with self-seeking, power hunger, racketeering, and cynical coercion. There have been and still are wrongs in the trade union movement, but its share of credit for triumphant accomplishments is substantially denied in the historical treatment of the nation’s progress.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speech given to the Illinois State AFL-CIO
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, OCT. 7, 1965

CWA Local 1103 will be issuing 1099-misc for Strike Benefits received during the 2016 Verizon Strike. CWA Local 1103 is recommending that you report the 1099 when you file your taxes. •Only weekly flat payments received during the Strike will be reported on the 1099s. •Reimbursements for Gas Receipts and Medical Expenses are not reported.

CWA's Local 1103 Executive Board wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays.  As you celebrate please remember our Sisters and Brothers on Strike at Momentive in Waterford NY.  They have been on strike for over two months picketing 24 hours a day, fighting for a fair contract.

CWA Local 1103 stands strong with our Sisters & Brothers of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at a recent rally on the WMC grounds.   They have been fighting for a contract for 5 years at Westchester Medical Center (WMC).

What an honor it was for CWA's Local 1103 Executive Board to walk the picket lines today with our IUE CWA Brothers and Sisters who went on strike on November 2, 2016 at Momentive Performance Materials in Waterford, NY. These workers made the difficult decision to strike because they are committed to preserving good solid jobs here in our communities.

Today we honor all our Veterans.  The CWA Local 1103 Executive Board greatfully thanks all those that served.

VOTE 2016: Our opponents may have the money, but we have the people. CWA members are out in force and putting in the time to get out the vote to elect pro-labor candidates this November.  Please vote CWA endorsed candidates this Election Day. You can find CWA Local 1103 endorsed candidates in the link under the home page or by clicking 2016 CWA 1103 Political Endorsements.

The 2017 Annual Open Enrollment Dates:   November 7, 2016 to November 18, 2016 - (these dates are for Active employees and Retirees) This is your opportunity to review your benefits and make any changes to your benefits. Retirees are urged to make any changes during the annual enrollment period, however they  continue to have "Anytime Enrollment".

CWA Verizon Members sending your kids to summer camp?  You can get assistance with your CWA/Verizon contractual negotiated benefits.  Click on the PDF below or find it in the Download section of this website.