On Friday Verizon announced that they were declaring a surplus of 12,000 employees in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Potomac areas. We received an email last night that they notified the District 2 office late on Friday. They are in the process of going through the data. There is not a start date for the current surplus that Verizon is declaring. Once the district goes through the information they will send out the details to all locals and we will share that information when we receive it.  

The company has also advised the District that they want to meet with the unions to discuss the surplus. While we are open to discussions we will also resist the continuing efforts to  unnecessarily cut-back operations that negatively impact service quality and the quality of our members and their families.

The District 2 office will let all locals know the results of the meetings and we in turn will share that information with you.  We are in the fight of our lives. We know this is another round in the current battle that may well climax in our August 2011 negotiations.