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VCS Bargaining 2011: Report # 45

07 May, 2012

Your VCS Bargaining Team met with the Company again last week and we still have not resolved any of the major issues. Your Committee presented to the Company a “what if” scenario concerning health care. The Union explained to the Company that we would be willing to discuss some cost sharing of Health benefits with the understanding that VCS Healthcare would fold into Verizon South and that the Company would be willing to withdraw some of their RETROGRESSIVE proposals. I realize that this will come as a surprise to everyone but the Company said NO. We will continue to try and find a way to resolve our negotiations with the Company in a satisfactory fashion but we need each of you to get involved because without each of you this task will be even more difficult than it already is at this time. We need each of you to tell the Company on a daily basis that we will not allow the Company to destroy your benefits and to destroy the middle class jobs that CWA and IBEW have fought so hard to create since the inception of VCSI in 1995. We need your help so we can prevail in this crucial battle. The future is on the line so if you haven’t started yet begin to mobilize today and contact your Local office to find out what you can do. As our overall numbers in VCS continue to dwindle we must all carry our weight in this fight and each of us must clearly let the Company know that we expect more than what they are currently offering to the individuals that helped them generate the profits they are enjoying. We must stay strong and let this corporation know that we will fight to secure our future and the future of our family’s. CORPORATE GREED can be their only motivation because this is a very profitable corporation and they can afford to treat all of us FAIRLY. We must continue to MOBILIZE everyday because together we can prevail. One of our main targets must continue to be every Verizon Wireless Store throughout our areas, coordinated with your Local, as well as our other activities on the job and in our communities. In order for all of us to be successful, your assistance is essential to accomplish our goals in this round of negotiations. Thanks for your support in the past and now more than ever we need your continued support so we can all win this FIGHT!!