Wednesday, June 16. 2010

Update on One-Time Enhanced Incentive Offer in New York and New England

Posted by Edward Doyle at 10:21
The volunteer period for New York and New England associates ended on June 1, 2010. Employees who volunteered for the Enhanced Offer have been notified of their status by their supervisors and will receive a letter in the mail at their homes confirming their status by the middle of this week. Employees who volunteered and who do not receive a letter by Thursday, June 17, should contact their supervisor immediately.

Employees who volunteered to accept the Offer fall into one of three categories – accepted, over-subscription or non-surplus:

o The off-payroll date for employees who were notified that their election was accepted will be this Sunday, June 20, 2010.
o Employees who volunteered but have not been notified of acceptance, either because of over subscription or because they are non-surplus, will remain on the payroll at this time.

Although non-surplus associates received an Incentive Offer, they are in locations or job titles that were not included in the surplus declaration. The Company and Unions are in discussions regarding the status of oversubscribed and non-surplus employees. Additional communications will be sent out when these discussions are completed.

Tuesday, March 30. 2010

Talks on Enhanced Offers to Relieve Surpluses

Posted by Edward Doyle at 15:07
Representatives of CWA Districts 1, 2 and 13 as well as IBEW New Jersey and New England met again today with Verizon Labor Relations. The Union Committee presented ways that could relieve surpluses such as returning contracted work to the bargaining units offering any job openings that exist in all Verizon subsidiaries and increasing the IPP, ISP offers. Verizon refused to do any of the things that the Union suggested except for increasing the IPP, ISP slightly. The Union Committee’s efforts were aimed at saving jobs but the Company believes that they need to shed 12,000 employees without regard to our contract or common decency, or the state of the economy.


Sunday, March 7. 2010

Safety Issue - Bucket Trucks

Posted by Edward Doyle at 10:15
The Company notified the union that there was a potential Safety issue with certain Bucket Trucks made between 2007 thru 2009. The safety issue is with the Bucket and a defective weld. This safety issue involves 827 trucks in the United States and several hundred in New York.
The Company told us that the field and our technicians have been notified that bucket trucks made in 2007, 2008 and 2009 should only be used for transportation. The bucket should not be used for any reason. All these trucks will be inspected this weekend and if the trucks are unsafe, they will be taken out of service.
The Company will tag each truck after inspecting them, so that the driver of these trucks will know the status of the inspection.
A "Green" tag will indicate that the truck has been inspected and that the truck and the
bucket are safe to use.
A "Yellow" tag will indicate that the bucket should not be used but the truck can be used
for transportation.
A "Red" tag will indicate that the truck is not to be used and that the truck will be taken
out of service.

Monday, March 1. 2010

Verizon Declares Surplus Across NY

Posted by Edward Doyle at 13:42
Verizon New York has notified CWA, it is declaring 3938 jobs surplus in 39 Titles within the New York FAA’s. This surplus condition has been determined to be a process change. At this point the EIPP offers, 15 day volunteer period and the off payroll date have not been determined. The Company has requested to meet with CWA, regarding discussions around the offer.





Thursday, December 3. 2009

Surplus Condition

Posted by Edward Doyle at 06:26
The company has notified the union that a surplus condition exists in twenty-nine (29) titles within the NYC FAA, twelve (12) titles within the Long Island FAA, and ten (10) titles within the Mid-State FAA of Verizon-New York. The surplus titles and FAAs together with the names, net credited service date, and work locations of all employees affected are provided as attachments to this letter. To alleviate the surplus condition the Company will invoke the Force Adjustment Plan (FAP), of the collective bargaining agreement. This surplus condition has been determined by the Company to be a process change. The provisions of the respective FAP Articles 8(b) and 10 will not apply in this case.
If the surplus condition requires the use of the Enhanced Income Protection Plan (EIPP) under step three (3) of the FAP Article, EIPP offers will be tendered to those employees in the surplus titles and FAAs involved by November 30, 2009. An employee's election to leave the service of the company and receive EIPP payments must be in writing and transmitted to the Company within 15 days of the offer, in this case December 14, 2009. The off-payroll date for employees who accept the offer will be December 20, 2009.
Should step three (3) of the FAP not alleviate the surplus conditions, the successive steps of FAP article will be invoked as required.



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