Verizon Bargaining 2011: Report # 57

Bargaining continued this week in Rye, NY. In our meetings, the Company rejected the Union’s proposals on the Advisory Committee on Healthcare, Healthcare Benefit Coordinators, Pensions, Corporate Profit Sharing and Meal Allowances. The Company offered counter-proposals on the Advisory Committee on Healthcare and one part of our proposal on pensions.

We also met and discussed the Company Call Sharing proposal. The Company provided data and answers to some of the questions we asked last week. Some of the answers created more questions and requests for information. Our discussions on call sharing will continue as the Company responds with further data. The talks have recessed for the week and will reconvene on February 6th.

As we continue to fight back against the concessions the Company is pushing at the bargaining table, we know it will take the commitment of every member and retiree to send a clear message to management this is a fight we intend to win.

Stay engaged. Stay focused on what is going on during this round of bargaining. The Company is attacking our middle class standard of living.

We will send more updates as they become available.