CWA Bargaining Update for Monday, June 9, 2008

 

 This morning the CWA/IBEW 2213 Regional Bargaining Committee and the New England IBEW bargaining team resumed negotiations with Verizon in Rye, New York. Today’s discussions centered exclusively on jobs. A Verizon Marketing representative made a presentation on their newly launched “Expert Care” program, which consists of various services a FiOS or DSL customer may purchase to assist them with the installation and maintenance of both software and hardware. These services are sold by CWA and IBEW members but the work performed either by phone or at the customer premise is done by vendors. The Unions asked numerous questions regarding these services which began operating in this area last week. The Unions made it very clear that this work is bargaining unit work that should be performed by Union members. Job security regarding this evolution of bargaining unit work is a top priority for your bargaining team. Negotiations have recessed for today and will resume tomorrow.