Your Bargaining Committee worked late into the evening again in an attempt to reach an agreement with Verizon. We have two days till expiration of the CBA, with several key issues still on the table.
On Tuesday, your Bargaining Committee met with Verizon late into the evening. With the expiration of the CBA on Saturday at midnight, your Committee and the Company is committed to working late nights to reach an agreement before expiration.
Your CWA Bargaining Committee continued negotiations today with ADT LLC. The Union Committee consisted of Jerrell B. Miller, CWA Representative and Arthur A. Whittington, CWA Bargaining Committee Member Local 6215.
Thursday, July 21, 2016, the committees did not meet in full session. Your Bargaining Committee spent the entire day working on counter proposals, and going over the information Verizon has provided us thus far.
Today both Verizon and your Union committees met in full session. We had discussions over the proposed healthcare and the cost of it along with questions over the pension.
Today, we began the 2016 negotiations with Verizon. Tony Shaffer, CWA Staff Representative, gave our opening statement and then yielded to Verizon to give theirs.