Verizon Strike: How It Got This Bad
Verizon and union leaders are back at the bargaining table. But how has the strike lasted this long? Our timeline breaks it down.
Verizon and union leaders are back at the bargaining table. But how has the strike lasted this long? Our timeline breaks it down.
To date, the company and the unions have been far apart on reaching a meeting of the minds.
Dennis Trainor, vice president for CWA District One, characterized Verizon’s demands as “completely outrageous and unwarranted.”
The telecom giant said it wants to increase individual health-care premiums next year by roughly $32 a month and obtain more flexibility in how it manages its workforce.
While FairPoint said it respected employees’ right to strike, the company declared it would not tolerate actions that threaten employees’ safety or customers’ service needs.
The new four-year agreement now goes to CWA bargaining unit members for ratification votes.
But Verizon and a federal government agency had little to say about the ongoing talks.
Verizon and the unions the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been in continuous negotiations for the past 10 days.
Mediation through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is set to commence Wednesday morning at the agency’s Washington, D.C. office.
But Verizon must agree to mediation.
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