Negotiations Continue
Wednesday
WASHINGTON, DCBargaining between the two unions
representing Verizon workers and the company resumed Wednesday morning
after adjourning late Tuesday night. Negotiators for the IBEW and
the Communications Workers of America characterized progress as slow
as they bargained over job security and health care proposals.
Though Verizon issued a statement late yesterday
implying that an agreement was imminent, union negotiators cautioned
that some key points remain unresolved.
The IBEW represents 25,000 Verizon workers in
New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, covered by this
contract.