Countdown to Verizon Contract Expiration

October 6, 2025 As Verizon’s new CEO, you’ll soon have many opportunities.   Guiding the Company will also present many challenges.  One of the first will be overseeing Contract negotiations.  The current agreements that expire on August 1, 2026, will present you with an opportunity to declare how you view the workers who built and continue to build Verizon. The chief negotiator informed the Unions representing tens of thousands of workers and retirees that Verizon wants out of the retiree Health Care business and that wages need to be leveled off. One of your predecessors, Lowell McAdam, followed the advice of…Continue readingA message for new Verizon CEO – Dan Schulman

IBEW Local 2324 invites all members, their families, and friends to join us for an exciting outing at the Springfield Thunderbirds on October 25th. Scan the QR code on the flyer or click here to purchase your tickets today!

The executive board has declared the general membership position on the board vacant. Members who wish to apply for the position must send a letter stating such interest to: IBEW local 2324 Attn: Recording Secretary 733 Chapin Street, Suite 102 Ludlow, MA, 01056 All correspondence must be received via USPS no later than September 1, 2025. The executive board will select the general membership chair from the applicants to serve the remainder of the current term at its meeting on September 2, 2025. The new general membership representative will be sworn in during the October executive board meeting.

In late May, the IBEW, the CWA, and Verizon began negotiations to determine whether an agreement could be reached to extend the current collective bargaining agreements. By late June, significant differences remained between the parties’ proposals, and the Unions informed the Company of our intention to conclude negotiations. At the Company’s request, a high-level meeting was held, during which the Unions agreed to continue discussions, with the understanding that the Company was prepared to more fully address the Unions’ concerns. Despite these continued efforts, the Company has not adequately responded to the needs and priorities of our members. Instead, the…Continue readingEarly discussion with Verizon on an extension of the current contract have concluded with no agreement.

Thank you to Senator Edward Markey and his staff for continuing to hold Verizon accountable for worker and community Health Hazards. The most precious of commodities any of us have is our Health and the Health of our families.We know the lead is there.They know where the lead is.We can work together to address the issue.Alternatively, they can ignore and we can continue to expose and reveal.It is a choice.In this instance… They cannot run and they cannot hide. To Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg and the Verizon Board of Directors-It is not your imagination. The ticking clock is indeed getting…Continue readingUpdate -Lead Cable & Verizon – Senator Edward Markey