Verizon Bargaining 2011: Report # 63

The Mid-Atlantic bargaining team met in Rye New York this week. In meetings with the Company, management rejected Union proposals on Call Sharing and Absence and passed counter-proposals on each of those issues. The bargaining team reviewed the Company counter-proposals, discussed them with the Company and asked questions so we are clear about their intentions.

We also spent a good deal of time working on proposals that address our members agenda in this round of bargaining while trying to address the Company’s issues in an effort to reach a fair agreement. These issues included Absence, Medical Restriction and Healthcare.

Your Union Bargaining team is working hard and is committed to finding ways to address both the concerns of the Company and the needs of our members in this round of negotiations. The Company seems to have only one goal, givebacks. Their agenda continues to include retrogressive demands across virtually every area of our contracts. Job security, pensions, work rules and much more are still on the Company’s retrogressive agenda.

The Company is still not hearing us so it is more important than ever that we take this fight to a new level. Our members must continue to mobilize. Every member needs to commit to spending 4 hours per week participating in mobilization activities.

On March 22nd Join the Fight for Good Jobs – Stand up to Corporate Greed. Call your Local and find out how you can Join the Fight.