The Union (CWA) and Company (CenturyLink/Lumen) reached a tentative agreement this afternoon, April 23, on a new 3 year contract, pending member ratification.
With Verizon leaving the table, your Committee continued working on information requests and putting proposals together upon the Company’s return. With that being said, this will be the last Bargaining Report until we meet again with the Company next week.
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, we began the 2016 negotiations with Verizon. Tony Shaffer, CWA Staff Representative, gave our opening statement and then yielded to Verizon to give theirs.