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AT&T, Lucent and Avaya are also designated
as Communications
& Technologies (C & T) by CWA. The CWA Vice President in
Washington DC.
for Communications & Technologies is Ralph V. Maly Jr.
Attention
Avaya Employees/Members of CWA Local 3120
Posted 8-09-2007
CWA Communications & Technologies Web Site For most current Info.
Avaya
going private for $8.2 billion
Posted 6-05-07
Avaya VTP Offer Oct 13, 2006 (Link to Com-Tech Web Page)
CWA Avaya Have a Tentative Agreement!!! 06-02-06
Speeches by VP Maly & Phil Pennington at Avaya Shareholders Meeting on Friday Feb 10, 2006. 2-16-06
Represented Avaya Award Payout 2005 11-03-05
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New Job Titles for Staging Center 09-28-05
09-28-03
2006
CWA/IBEW/Avaya Academic Awards Program is now open.
09-28-05
Avaya Surplus 07-06-05 for the State of Florida
Avaya Surplus 4-27-05 for the State of Florida
Avaya-Varialble Workforce Opt In/Opt out Executive Level Grievance Update 04-19-05
Avaya - Job Claiming Process Update 01-18-2005
Avaya - Hold on Job Claiming Process 01-18-2005
Avaya - Variable Workforce Opt In/Opt Out Executive Level Grievance Settlement 01-05-2005
CWA Members Ratify Lucent Agreement! 12-20-04
AVAYA SURPLUS TIMELINES (Summary) 12-09-04
AVAYA
Job Claiming (bumping)
12-09-04
Avaya - End of Variable Workforce Agreement from 11-16-04
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CWA AND LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES 2004 11-10-04
CWA/Lucent Bargaining 2004 Click here for latest info.
Commission to Allow Insurance Cuts for Retired Employees
Questions for Avaya Variable Work Force (VWF) Techs and Core Techs.
Avaya to buy Expanets from NorthWestern Corp 10-31-03
Avaya Status of Variable Workforce Agreement 8-29-03
Avaya Variable Workforce Opt-In Opt-Out Extended 8-5-03
Avaya Award for U.S. Represented Employees 4-24-03
Highlights of CWA- Lucent Tentative Agreement
Lucent Tentative Agreement 1-13-03
Lucent Bargaining Update 1-10-03
Continuation of Lucent Bargaining 1-06-03
To All Lucent Locals and Retirees 10-24-02
Lucent post $7.9B Loss 7-23-02
Communications & Technologies Mission Statement
Directions to Variable Workforce Agreement extension 10/31/01
Avaya MSL Update 02-28-02
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April 3, 2006
Alcatel, Lucent finalize $25 bln merger Sunday April 2, 11:22 AM EDT PARIS (Reuters) - Telecoms equipment companies Alcatel and Lucent Technologies (LU) said on Sunday they had entered a definitive agreement to merge and form a new group with revenues of around 21 billion euros ($25.4 billion). The transaction, which will see Alcatel shareholders have the lion's share of the new company, stands to create a world leader in its sector and comes amid a wave of consolidation in the telecoms industry. More Info. |
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Avaya to buy Expanets from NorthWestern Corp.
CHICAGO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV
- News) on Thursday said
it agreed to buy nearly all of the assets of Expanets, one of the
largest resellers of Avaya's products in the United States, from
NorthWestern Corp. (NYSE:NOR
- News) for $152
million in cash.
The acquisition would allow the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based communications equipment maker to continue to provide sales and support for Expanet's customers as well as grow its small and mid-sized business. The deal is expected to close by the end of the current fiscal quarter. Avaya purchased Expanet's assets from Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Northwestern in an auction Wednesday. Northwestern, which provides electricity and natural gas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.
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Questions for Avaya Variable Work Force (VWF) Techs and Core Techs. 1. Is there work for VWF in their GCA? 2. Is Avaya contracting out any work? 3. Are Core Tech's from other GCA's working in your GCA? 4. Are you aware of Avaya not bidding on or refusing to do work for their Customers? 5. Are you aware of Avaya giving work to Business Partners? If yes please give details. 6. Do you have any Business Partners giving all their Avaya work to the Avaya Tech's in your GCA? 7. Are you aware of any local plan to use the V W F to go after more work for Avaya? If you are a Variable or Core Tech and work out of the Miramar Florida work location please answer these questions an E-mail back to: Presidentcwa3120@mindspring.com Thank you, |
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2003 Avaya Contract Payment Dates Click Here!
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Avaya
Variable Workforce Opt-In Opt-Out Extended
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Avaya Contract Ratified by a margin of 94% Yes, 6% No! 7-25-03 |
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Avaya Contract
Ratification Ballots were mailed Thursday July 3. Vote
to accept or reject contract! Return Before July 24, 2003!
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Avaya Contract Explanation
Meeting Wednesday July 2 at 6:30 PM Before Monthly Membership Meeting at
310 S 62 Ave Hollywood! At the Hollywood Firefighters Hall!
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Subject: Lucent Contract Ratified 2-10-03
Vice President Maly would like to advise that, after a long, difficult process, we can officially announce that the Lucent contract has been ratified by 83.7% of those voting. IBEW also ratified the agreement. The contract becomes effective March 1, 2003 and expires October 31, 2004. The C&T office and the bargaining teams want to thank our 5,400 members and 85,000 Lucent retirees for their patience and understanding. There is no doubt that if we didn't reach an early agreement, May would have given us a choice between retrogression at all levels or a strike. We now have 20 months time for Lucent sales to recover and the economy to improve. The C&T office would like to thank the elected bargaining teams and CWA Staff for their professionalism and outstanding efforts. In Unity, Robert G. Richhart Adm. Asst. to V. Pres. For more information go to http://www.cwa-comtech.org
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Lucent Final Bargaining Report # 21 11-05-02 |
Lucent Bargaining Update number 1 sent October 7,2002
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Posted 10/01/01
Re: Variable Workforce Agreement Greetings: We have reached an agreement on a new Variable Workforce Agreement with Avaya. The existing Supplemental Workforce Agreement has been extended until November 3, 2001 in order to have time to transition to the new agreement. The highlights of the agreement follow. The new agreement will be effective November 4, 2001 and continue until the end of the collective bargaining Agreement on May 31, 2003. Existing Supplemental CSE’s (SCSE) will have three choices:
There will be no penalty if they choose to leave now. The True up and retention Bonus will be paid if they meet the applicable criteria as of September 30, 2001. There will be no Layoffs for CSE’s or SA’s for the life of the agreement All core CSE’s and SA’s will be upgraded October 1, 2001 to Senior Tech and Senior SA titles. This will result in both a wage and pension band increase. The pension band increase will be immediate. An initial wage increase will be effective October 1, 2001, and the rest of the wage increase will be effective after completing a jointly developed training/education program. The intent is for everyone to have the opportunity to complete the program prior to the general wage increase on May 26, 2002. Upon agreement between Avaya and the Unions, a one time voluntary offer will be made to all CSE’s and SA’s Senior Techs, and Senior SA’s. A new Watermark will be established at 2450. If due to the voluntary offer the numbers drop below the Watermark, Avaya will have until the first full week in October 2002 to reach the watermark. There will be an expanded role for the Joint Committee to include:
Special provisions for Federal Systems will be bargained and completed by October 31, 2001. The new agreement will guarantee a minimum of thirteen (13) weeks work for fiscal year 2002, and nine (9) weeks for the remainder of the contract. There will be no Signing Bonus, but the 20% retention bonus will remain in effect for the new agreement under the same conditions. True up in the new agreement will be Quarterly to within two weeks. If the hours worked are not trued up by the end of the quarter within two weeks, the person who is highest will not be worked until those out of true are caught up. If this does not happen, there will be a payment at 100% of base pay for those hours not within two weeks. The Variable workforce employees will receive one vacation day for each fifteen days worked, with a maximum of 20 days. The 401K will be continued. All other provisions of the existing agreement will apply if not covered here. True-Up for current agreement The True Up process for the existing Variable Workforce Agreement will be as follows: Everyone will get the guaranteed thirteen (13) weeks at full pay. After the thirteen (13) weeks, those who are not trued up as defined by the agreement will be paid 50% of their pay for those weeks they should have been assigned work but were not. This True Up pay will include the 20% retention bonus. That covers most of the agreement, but remember we do not have a signed copy yet so there will be a more complete explanation of all changes in it. The above summary is not binding if an error was made. The new agreement will be posted on the C&T Web site as soon as we receive it. In Unity, Gerald W. Souder
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AVAYA'S VARIABLE WORK
FORCE AVAYA INC, CWA AND IBEW HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE
VARIABLE WORKFORCE AGREEMENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT, 5/2003. THE EXISTING VWF AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH NOVEMBER 3, 2001 AND THE NEW AGREEMENT COMMENCES NOVEMBER 4,2001.
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