THIS IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DEPENDENTS ON A VERIZON BENEFIT PLAN

Dependent Verification Update

By now, most of you have received your Dependent Verification packages at your homes. If you have not, you should be receiving your package in the next day or two. Whether or not you have received your package in the mail, you may go onto YBR via About You or go to www.verizon.com/benefits to get copies of the information that was sent to you and to submit documentation to verify your covered dependents. We are experiencing higher than expected phone volume at the Dependent Verification Call Center. If you need to speak to one of the representatives, we appreciate your patience and recommend that you call in a few days when there will be shorter hold times. Remember that you can check the status of documents you have submitted by accessing YBR via About You or www.verizon.com/benefits, and clicking on “Document Submission.” You can also view FAQs and other important information on the site.Of almost 400,000 dependents enrolled in Verizon plans, 350 dependents have been dropped and 25,178 dependents have been verified across the Enterprise in the first week of the dependent verification.Remember, you have until June 15, 2012 to submit your verification documents.

Thank you very much for your cooperation with this important initiative. We know that this process is extra work for you and we appreciate your efforts.  

The following guidelines are for picketing at a Verizon Wireless Store. Please read and follow when you are at these stores. Please use only IBEW/CWA approved fliers when hand billing stores which can be found at bottom of story. 

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/1405/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4388&tag=20120515_vzcable_vzc

On May 3rd 2012 Local 827 member Ray Jablow was at the Shareholders meeting in Alabama.  Here is a copy of our statement read at the meeting.

Local 827's Statement

Please find attached an April 25, 2012 letter to the FCC describing a meeting between IBEW and FCC representatives regarding concerns about Verizon’s proposed sale of spectrum and “cable deals".

Local residents put their complaints regarding Verizon’s services on the record Wednesday night at a public hearing held at Stow Creek Township Elementary School.  Local 827 was also there in force to support our neighbors and our livelihood.  We have also put a copy of our statement to the BPU here.

This is a sample of the letter sent to all elected officials in New Jersey, to include all Federal, State, Municipal representatives.  We are trying to represent ourselves to them as telecommunications advocates for the consumer throughout the state.  This is to help us in our fight for a fair contract and to gain the support of the communities we live and work in. 

We have posted articles written by Bruce with "Please, Sir, May I have another", being one of them and is part one of a series.  He writes a Blog for the Huffington Post and has posted the second of the series, "How Wireless Hype is Hurting America".  He also wrote the "Great Verizon Fios Ripoff".  Go to the story for all the links.