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Your Bargaining Team met with the Company this week.

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company on May 13 and May 14 in Murray Hill, New Jersey.

Your Bargaining team met with the Company for the past two days.

The Company and Union Bargaining Teams have not met due to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing last week.

We are returning to the bargaining table.

We wanted to take a moment to update everyone on our contract negotiations.

12 MONTHS - NO CONTRACT

The Company and Union Bargaining teams did NOT met today

The Company and Union Bargaining Teams met again today.

Congratulations to the following winners.

A message that was distributed from Vice President Lisa Bolton and Vice President Linda Hinton after CWA President, Chris Shelton, testified at the Ways and Means Committee.

We have often reported that we are reviewing data and looking for the true impacts of the Company proposals.

The Bargaining team had full intentions of meeting with the company today..

I would like to personally thank each and every one of you that participated in the letter-writing campaign.

The office received Surplus and VTP notifications.

The Bargaining team met with the Company all day Thursday.

The Company passed a “Comprehensive Best Offer” which, once again, included the Effects Agreement to eliminate the bargaining unit by December 31, 2019.

Almost a year ago your Union Bargaining Team created a Healthcare proposal that was wage based.

Today the Company rejected the Union’s Concept Proposal #2, stating they have “decided to maintain its plan to integrate and harmonize the legacy Alcatel-Lucent Field Force hybrid delivery model into the Nokia model and use a third-party supplier.”

The Company and Union Bargaining Teams met today.

The Union Committee reconvened on Monday, March 11, 2019.  We spent the day reviewing and assessing where we are and preparing our strategy for bargaining with the Company going forward.

Your Bargaining Team passed a comprehensive concept proposal today which includes an Enhanced Special Voluntary Termination Package in lieu of the Company’s proposed Effects Agreement.

The Company and Union Bargaining Teams did not meet today.

We are returning to the table the week of March 11, 2019.