CWA 1105 Bargaining Update, Friday June 8th 2012; 1:30pm
A message from Keith Edwards…. Tape Number: 718-904-1105
Bargaining resumed Monday, June 4th 2012 with your Regional Bargaining Team putting a counter proposal across the table concerning the call sharing proposal. Our proposal gave this corporation the flexibility to share calls but also put protections around our job security, no movement of work, a guarantee of tours, which includes weekends over time hours and additional jobs, The Company’s response was this counter was too expensive for this greedy maggot corporation and would put them in the red.
Verizon wants the ability to share calls nationwide, close locations when they want and send work out of state where they pay the least amount of money.
Reuters news wire this week reported that Verizon was looking to cut its workforce by 1,700 people or almost 1% through a buyout offer for technicians and call center employees. Verizon even stated it could resort to involuntary layoffs it too few accept the voluntary package.
Even while we sit across the table trying to bargain a fair contract, this company sneaks around and makes statements without advising the National Union, When we addressed this issue with the Verizon bargainers, they knew nothing about it and this is a company who leads consumers to believe they have integrity.
This corporation continues to show their un-professionalism, their distain for their employees and this Union and their lack of integrity.
Unfortunately, because there is no trust factor at the bargaining table, we must question every item in Verizon’s proposal so we can get the true intent of their proposal.
Today, the company notified us that they rejected our counter proposal on call sharing and gave us another counter. The bargaining team will review the company’s counter and will determine our next course of action.
Please keep in touch with this tape for I will update it with more information when it becomes available and always remember:
In Unity There is Strength