CWA - Avaya Bargaining Report #5

Greetings:

Today the company presented two proposals across the table.

 The first proposal would change of language addressing Domestic Partner coverage to include opposite sex domestic partners, and add coverage for long term care, life insurance, pension plan, savings plan and family related programs.

The second proposal addressed reimbursement accounts, both Health Care Reimbursement (HCRA) and Child/Elder Care Reimbursement Account (CECRA).  The proposal would raise the minimum contribution amounts by $100. and raise the HCRA maximum contribution to $4,000.  Also included in the proposal would be the donation of any forfeitures remaining unused by the member be contributed to charity

The next formal meeting is scheduled for Monday May 8th when the company will present proposals on the Avaya Award program and Academic Awards. They also indicated they will have proposals on Tuesday for Disability Plans, ERC & Health Care Coordinators. In addition we will have sub-committee discussions on the RFE field work.

Your bargaining committee will be working on proposals and counter proposals to respond to the company demands.

The next bargaining update will be Monday May 8th after our session concludes.

As stated before, we must ramp up mobilization if we are to preserve what we have fought for and earned.

Mobilize----Mobilize---Mobilize---Mobilize---Mobilize---Mobilize---Mobilize

In Unity,

CWA-Avaya Bargaining Team