October 22, 2010 FROM THE UNION: CWA District 2 has reached agreement with Verizon regarding its workforce needs. The Company has agreed to recall 84 technicians who were removed from the payroll on January 30, 2010 and February 20, 2010. These technicians will be offered reemployment prior to December 31, 2010. Any technician who moved into a consultant or customer clerk position will also be permitted to return to his or her former technician title by December 31, 2010. Verizon will canvas the 286 CST’s, 126 OPT’s, 366 ST’s and 114 MA’s currently working in Chris Child’s organization to solicit volunteers who wish to remain on the payroll through December 30, 2011. Volunteers will be accepted in seniority order and will leave the payroll in 2011 under the terms of the One-Time Enhancement Offer. In addition, those canvassed employees that choose not to stay until December 30, 2011 can volunteer to leave the payroll on November 20 or December 30, 2010 under the terms of the One-Time Enhanced Offer. Notwithstanding the provisions of the contract, the Company will not lay off any of its employees prior to May 1, 2011. The company may borrow technicians to perform work through January 15, 2011. The Company has agreed to continue to work toward a fair distribution of overtime. Potomac employees will be given at least an equal opportunity to work overtime as the loaned technicians based on work groups and/or job assignments. In addition, the Company will suspend its practice of refusing voluntary overtime to technicians who fail to meet performance standards through December 31, 2011. CWA has agreed to withdraw grievances relative to the surplus announcement and related Article 35 relative to the outside technician groups. Those grievances specific to other work groups (COT’s and Clerical) are still active. Both the Union and Company have committed to continue discussions regarding the remaining members separated from the payroll. _____________________________________________________ FROM THE COMPANY: Verizon Potomac Companies and CWA Reach Agreement on Workforce
The Verizon Potomac Companies and the Communications Workers of America have reached an agreement that will help the business meet its workforce needs in Potomac. The agreement applies only to certain associates in the Chris Childs Potomac Operations organization. Highlights of the agreement are as follows:
- The Potomac Companies will seek volunteers from among the current Cable Splicing Technicians, Outside Plant Technicians, Services Technicians and Maintenance Administrators in the Chris Childs organization who elected to leave the business under the terms of the One-Time Enhanced Offer to remain employed through Dec. 30, 2011. Volunteers will be accepted in seniority order.
- Current Cable Splicing Technicians, Outside Plant Technicians, Services Technicians and Maintenance Administrators in the Chris Childs organization who volunteered to leave the payroll by the end of 2010 under the terms of the Offer, and who do not volunteer to remain employed through Dec. 30, 2011, may elect to leave the payroll under the Offer on Nov. 20 or Dec. 30 of 2010.
- The Company will offer reemployment to one Services Technician and 83 Cable Splicing Technicians from the Chris Childs organization who left the payroll on Jan. 30 and Feb. 20 of this year. Offers of reemployment will be made prior to Dec. 31, 2010.
- Technicians who moved from the Chris Childs organization to a Local Presence Center (LPC), Business Sales and Billing Center (BSBC), or a Customer Sales and Service Center (CSSC) as a result of the surpluses in October and November of 2009 and are currently employed in an LPC, BSBC or CSSC, will be permitted to return to their former technician title in the current Chris Childs organization by Dec. 31, 2010.
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