PROTECT GOOD JOBS – AND OUR CUSTOMERS
The New York State Senate is considering 2 bills that are vital to CWA members and also important to the general public:
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Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act (A7144/S4434) – this bill takes away taxpayer subsidies and state contracts from companies that ship call center jobs overseas. Verizon alone has moved over 1,000 jobs from New York State to foreign countries.
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VoiceLink Moratorium bill (A7635/S5630) – this bill prevents Verizon from cutting its customers off from the copper network and replacing their telephone service with wireless service, called “VoiceLink”. This bill protects CWA jobs maintaining the copper telephone network. VoiceLink is a threat to the jobs of thousands of highly-skilled workers with good, family-supporting jobs. This bill also protects our customers by preserving access to DSL and data services, and auxiliary power in an emergency.
Please urge your Senator to co-sponsor both of these bills and help push them to a floor vote. Verizon and other company’s lobbyists are swarming all over Albany right now. Your voice with your Senator can help counter their big money. Please make a call right now.
Call your New York State Senator right now at 888-659-7351. Please leave them a message urging them to co-sponsor and pass these two bills.
