HANLON, Hubert P. Of Carver formerly of Medford Dec. 30, Beloved Husband of Rosemarie (Valente) Hanlon of Carver. Loving father of Louis P. Hanlon of Medford, Hubert P. Hanlon Jr. of Northboro, Gina Marie Hanlon-Cavicchi of Carver, Peter Hanlon of Wilmington, William Hanlon of New Hampshire, Michael Hanlon of Revere, Patricia Hanlon of Revere, and Colleen Argenzio of Revere. Devoted Brother of Paul Hanlon of CA, Robert Hanlon of Winthrop, Arthur Hanlon of New Hampshire, Edward Hanlon of Wilmington, Dorothy Turner of CA, The late William Hanlon and Albert Hanlon. Cherished Grandfather of many loving Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, dear friends and family. Relatives and friends invited Funeral from the Gaffey Funeral Home 43 High St. Medford Square Medford on Thursday Jan. 5, at 9 am followed by a Funeral Mass of Christian Burial in Saint Frances of Assisi Church Medford at 10 am Visiting hours Wednesday Jan. 4, from 4 pm to 8 pm Interment Oak Grove Cemetery Medford. Gaffey Funeral Home 781-396-7700
Gerald J Cunningham, Jr., 59, Hernando, Fl.
Gerald J. Cunningham, Jr., 59, of Hernando, Florida passed away on Monday, December 26, 2011, at Hospice of Citrus County in Inverness. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 24, 1952 to the late Gerald J. and Mary (Voutour) Cunningham, Sr. Gerald served as a loyal employee of Verizon for more than 30 years before retiring in the area in 2008, coming from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Citrus Hills Country Club, and enjoyed tennis, the beach, and motorcycles. He also enjoyed working with his hands, especially landscaping. Gerald is survived by one son, Christopher Cunningham of Seattle, Washington; and one daughter, Shannon Cunningham of Boston, Massachusetts. He is also survived by three sisters, Nancy Gibbons of North Hampton, New Hampshire; Jean Cunningham of Magnolia, Massachusetts; and Mary Dervishian of York, Maine. A Celebration Of Life Memorial Service is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 9:00 am at the Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness, Florida. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Citrus County. For donations go to: www.hospiceofcitruscounty.org/page/donate.htm Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home with Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
Meetings with the company resumed last week and he unions are no closer to any agreements, in fact the company rejected the unions call share proposal.So much for working with the unions.This week there will be limited bargaining.We do have a meeting scheduled for the T6 on the company’s forced migration plans on Tuesday in Boston.
Please remain vigilant on the job.We are looking for more volunteers for mobilization and are asking members to call the hall and sign up for mobilization activities, the unions are asking for 4 volunteer hours from each member to help in the fight for a fair contract.
Do not listen to rumors, there are too many to keep track of.Attend union meetings, join with other union members in mobilization activities and talk with your stewards.
Any updates on bargaining will be shared with this membership through the informational tape, the web-site and of course at the union meetings.
Ed Starr - Business Manager
November 20, 2011
The IBEW & CWA bargaining teams from the New York/New England and Mid-Atlantic regions will resume bargaining after the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Over the past few weeks, the unions broke into smaller subcommittees with the Verizon bargaining representatives with the hopes of beginning to come up with solutions which could be used as the framework for an agreement. Other than discussions, there has been no movement. We are committed to continue to work the issues and come up with the best proposals we can considering that all of Verizon's major concessions are still on the table.
As soon as any information develops, we will pass that information on to the membership.
Just a reminder, we are still awaiting word from Verizon's General Counsel on the fate of the suspended members in our local and throughout the region. There are over 100 cases that the company has investigated on alleged strike misconduct from Massachusetts to Washington, DC. This has been a convoluted process in which local Verizon management has targeted individuals and Verizon Security did an appalling job investigating and embellishing details in the false allegations. We advocated for our members based on the Security report findings and the sham investigation and allegations. Nonetheless, we are waiting for the investigatory process to finish out before we take the next steps legally in defending our members and exonerating these members. Thank you for your overwhelming support for these members and the local union as we have been very busy with negotiations and in adjudicating the rights of our suspended members.
Social Media has become a mainstream phenomenon that allows people from all over the world to be part of a community, and in some cases to act together to enact change.
Local 2321 Member, Lyn Stan, has started a petition on change.org to tell Verizon to stop outsourcing U.S. jobs and bankrupting the middle class.It’s a great idea, and we should all not only sign the petition but also encourage our families, friends, neighbors, and anyone else who wants to keep good paying jobs in the U.S. to join us in our fight against corporate greed.
There are also other petitions on the site to let Verizon know that the public is watching.Make your voice heard!
We have seen an overwhelming amount of support from various union locals, businesses, community groups, and private individuals.To all those who have supported us so far, a big IBEW Local 2321 Thank You!Some notable groups to thank are:
Local 22 Laborers, who brought food and drinks to our Saugus line.
Not Your Average Joe’s Restaurant, who brought food to Methuen.
Tina Rainville, of Salem, NH who brought water and snacks to our lines near the NH Border
Lou Mandarini of the AFL-CIO who has delivered food to Danvers
Kate Glidden – Compass Point – donating food and supplies
Tony’s Pizza – Marblehead – 20 pizzas to Danvers Garage
Paul Labrie – donated Little Debbie’s snacks to the Union Office
IBEW 2320 Members at 879 Holt Ave, Manchester - Donated $300 to be dispersed to all picket locations
Andover Finest Painting Co – Mike Bouchard dropped 10 Pizzas and water off at Shattuck Rd in Andover.
Robert Sechrist of Sechrist Financial Services – delivering drinks to the line
Beverly Police Association – donated food- Danvers
Local 3 Bricklayers – supporting us in Andover
Thomas’s English Muffins – brought food to the Billerica line
Shaw’s Distribution Workers - on the line picketing with us every day in Methuen
NBPA Police Union – walking on the lines in Lowell
Dependable Masonry – 73 Concord St., North Reading, 978-664-5453, a small union shop that is letting us use their parking lot.
Tanya from Yellow Trucking on 80 Concord St., North Reading, dropped off a case of water and had Papa Gino’s deliver $100 worth of pizzas at the North Reading Garage… an unbelievable gesture!
CWA Local 6171 – dropped off Gatorade at Shattuck Rd in Andover
Gervais Lincoln-Mercury, Kia in Lowell for their kindness and generosity to all of our picketers at Crosspoint
Bricklayers Local 3 supporting us in Andover
Nolan, Perroni, and Harrington, LLP - Attorneys, 133 Merrimack St., Lowell MA
Joe Currao Landscaping brought coffee and donuts to Andover
Steve Morse, Business Rep, IUEC Local 4, Dorchester
Ed Adley, Business Agent, Teamsters Local 170, Worcester
Nick’s Place delivered pizza to Saugus
Heavenly Donuts Lawrence
Papa Gino’s delivered pizza to us at Saugus Wireless
Meaghan Pike donated to food bank
George K at Heavenly Donuts, Merrimack St., Methuen
Joan Norton, Financial Advisor, Woburn ice cream in Methuen
And our own Local 2321 Retirees, walking the lines with us, and bringing food and water
And these people refused to cross our picket lines:
DHL at Crosspoint Towers
UPS at Crosspoint Towers
A Cleaning Lady at the Dracut Garage
Dynamic Mobile Repair at the Saugus Garage
Carrier – Lawrence CO
FedEx in Dracut
Allied Waste – Dracut
GCR Fleet Services of Lowell - Dracut
Sullivan Tire - Danvers
Thank you for your support!We won’t forget!
Unfortunately, there are also those who must not understand why we are on strike, what we are fighting for, how they can support us, and what it means to respect a picket line.
Crossed our picket lines or would not support us:
AT&Tcrossed at Crosspoint Towers in Lowell
Poland Springs
Next Generation Vending
Balmoral Transportation
FedExat Crosspoint
Sal’s Pizza
East Pen Deco
Young’s Hottopwho harassed our picketers in North Reading
Iron Mountain Management Solutionsin Billerica
Equipneta Haverhill moving company removing equipment- Give them a call to let them know how you feel 888-371-6555!
Global Cleaningof Danvers – a worker would not cross but her manger forced her to go and drove her across our line
All Star Towingin Danvers
Air Technology– Danvers
Hector Beaulieu Trucking– Maine, 207-499-7870 – Dracut, picked up junk poles
Hours after Apple released its first quarter earnings, which showed a mind-blowing 44.7 percent profit, the New York Times published another in a series of articles illustrating some of the reasons behind Apple’s profit margin. Describing the conditions in which Chinese workers assemble iPhones, iPads and a panoply of Apple products, the report states:
Employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dorms. Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk. Under-age workers have helped build Apple’s products, and the company’s suppliers have improperly disposed of hazardous waste and falsified records, according to company reports and advocacy groups that, within China, are often considered reliable, independent monitors.
More troubling, the groups say, is some suppliers’ disregard for workers’ health. Two years ago, 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a poisonous chemical to clean iPhone screens. Within seven months last year, two explosions at iPad factories, including in Chengdu, killed four people and injured 77. Before those blasts, Apple had been alerted to hazardous conditions inside the Chengdu plant, according to a Chinese group that published that warning.
Over all, 52 percent of the public said it was very important that the products they buy were made in the United States; only 42 percent of owners of Apple products agreed.
Earlier this month, the Fair Labor Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide, announced Apple was admitted as a “Participating Company.” That means that Apple promises to clean its supply chains from labor abuses during the coming two years.
The International Metalworkers’ Foundation expresses skepticism that Apple will carry through on it promises.
In fact, if Apple and other companies that outsource their work corrected the massive abuses of workers at their factories overseas, their incentive for shipping jobs from the United States would be greatly reduced.
