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The Bargaining Team did not met with the Company today.

The Bargaining Team met with the Company today. The Union passed counter proposals on Article 15 – Paid Time Off, Article 16 – Pay Treatment for Absence and Company Vehicle Usage Program.

The Bargaining Team met with the Company today. In yet another twist to the ongoing saga of bargaining the Company Chair has now accused the CWA of bad faith bargaining in what they are saying is an apparent effort to thwart the bargaining process!

The Company and Union did not meet this week. Due to the amount of data still outstanding and the additional data requests that were passed the Company requested we meet on Wednesday, November 14th.

The Company and the Union met today. We are still very far apart on a number of critical issues.

The Bargaining Team met with the Company again today. Phil Stewart, Senior Director of HR and Benefits, met with us.

The Bargaining Team met with the Company again today. The Company, once again, passed the Effects Agreement with one improvement....

Today the Company and your Bargaining Team met. The Company passed, once again, a proposal on Post-Retirement Medical, Dental and Group Life extending it to the end of calendar year 2021.

The Company responded to a great deal of our data requests around subcontracting.

Today the Company and your Bargaining Team met. There were no proposals passed.

Have patience and continue your mobilization efforts.

The Company and your Bargaining Team resumed bargaining today. The Company stated that they are continuing to review our packaged concept proposal that we believe will go a long way in addressing the Company’s cost and flexibility concerns.

The Bargaining Team and the Company did not meet today. The Company and the Union mutually agreed to meet tomorrow, September 27th.

The Bargaining Team and the Company met today. In yet another bizarre turn of events the Company, who for months has been saying they need to go to the 3P model due to cost and flexibility, REJECTED several of the Union’s cost saving proposals!

The Company and your Bargaining Team met today. What started out as a positive, soon turned into a downward spiral.

We started our day by meeting with John Hickey, Vice President of Human Resources, regarding the continuation of retiree healthcare.

The Company and your Bargaining Team met today. The Company passed 10 proposals. While this may seem like progress most of the proposals were to continue existing language until June 30, 2019 subject to an “Effects Agreement” that is satisfactory to the Company.

The Company and your Bargaining Team met today.

Your Bargaining Team and the Company met today. There were no proposals passed but we did have conversations about our proposal on Article 26 and what our interpretation was.

The Company and your Bargaining Team resumed bargaining today. The Company passed additional data request responses including a Quality Report on Core Installers.

The Bargaining Team met with the Company yesterday in a marathon session that lasted until well after midnight.

Your Bargaining Team did not meet with the Company today.

During the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee (JRHC) annual negotiations for upcoming Plan Year 2019 it became apparent, once again, that the Traditional Indemnity (TI) Plan option costs plan participants in excess of the costs of the United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO (MAPPO) for retirees who are over the age of 65.

After being away from the table for almost 8 weeks, the Company finally relented and called us back to the Bargaining table.