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VCS Bargaining 2011: Report # 32

09 Nov, 2011

Your VCS Bargaining Team met with the Company today to further discuss the many outstanding issues. Today two items were discussed and they were TIPP and Overtime Caps. The Company again revised their demand pertaining to the TIPP payout. The Company also presented the Union a revised proposal dealing with Overtime Caps and this proposal, as well as prior proposals, continues to be RETROGRESSIVE in nature. Your Committee informed the Company that we would review their proposals and give them feedback at our next meeting. We are scheduled to reconvene negotiations on Monday November 14, 2011 and then we are scheduled to meet with the Company the rest of the week in an attempt to resolve some of the many RETROGRESSIVE demands that remain on the VCS table. It is still obvious to this point that the Company wants to strip the majority of the GAINS that we have made through the years and by doing this the Company will destroy your ability to maintain the standard of living that you and your family are able to enjoy today. It is time for each of us to double our efforts in our MOBILIZATION activities so we can send a strong message to Verizon that we will not accept their RETROGRESSIVE PROPOSALS and we will do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal. We must maintain our opposition to these DEMANDS and together we will move forward and reach a FAIR AND EQUITABLE AGREEMENT. We will update this report following our meeting with VCS on Monday November 14th.