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An update about the Verizon strike revealed that employees and company execution will finally have a negotiation on Tuesday.
The decision was revealed by Labor Secretary Tom Perez, according to USA Today. After talking with Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, CWA president Chris Shelton and IBEW president Lonnie Stephenson in Washington on Sunday, Perez stated that both parties agreed to be back on the "bargaining table."
"The best way to resolve this labor dispute is at the bargaining table, and I am heartened by the parties' mutual commitment to getting back to immediate discussions and work toward a new contract," Perez said in a statement. The Labor secretary also commended both of the parties in their commitment for the betterment of the majority by undergoing into a mutual talk.
Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers- consist of more or less that 40,000 employees- have been on strike for a month or so. They are against the enormous outsourcing and reportedly demanding for more benefits.
More than 3 days ago, CWA allegedly revealed that Verizon has a "massive Verizon offshoring operation in the Philippines." According to Cwa-union.org report dated May 13, Verizon has been taking advantage of the Filipino workers by giving them a salary of only $1.78/hour and no overtime pay.
Being threatened by the discovery, Verizon execs reportedly sent a SWAT team to held a surveillance against the CWA representatives who went to the Philippines for a thorough investigation. Verizon officials allegedly refused to talk to the representatives
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