Verizon Electrical Safety Training Expanded in District 2

CWA's settlement last month with Verizon to train all Maryland technicians about electrical safety and health issues has been expanded to cover technicians throughout District 2.

That means members in Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., also will receive the training, scheduled between now and Feb. 1, 2008, CWA Safety and Health Director Dave LeGrande said.

CWA pushed for the training as part of the settlement between Verizon and Maryland's Occupational Safety and Health division after the death of Local 2100 member Marvin Benson, who was electrocuted last October while working in an aerial bucket.