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Below is the letter Verizon sent to CWA declaring a surplus. CWA Local 1120 is in FAA 3

This letter is to notify you that Verizon New York Inc., Verizon Services Corp., and Empire City Subway

Company (Ltd.), (collectively “the Company”) are declaring a surplus condition in twenty seven (27)

titles within Force Adjustment Areas (“FAAs”) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The surplus titles and FAAs together

with the names, net credited service dates, and work locations of all employees affected are provided

as attachments to this letter. To alleviate the surplus condition, the Company will invoke the Force

Adjustment Plan (FAP) of the collective bargaining agreement. This surplus condition has been

determined by the Company to be due to a process change. The provisions of the respective FAP

Articles 8(b) and 10 will not apply in this case.

If the Company uses the Special Enhanced Income Protection Plan (SEIPP) under step three (3) of the

FAP Article to alleviate the surplus, the Company will make SEIPP offers to associates as described in

Section XIV of the May 29, 2016 Memorandum of Understanding and Section IX of the July 14, 2022

Memorandum of Understanding. Special EIPP offers will be tendered to those employees in the surplus

titles and FAAs involved by September 18, 2026. An employee’s election to leave the service of the

Company and receive Special EIPP payments must be in writing and transmitted to the Company within

15 days of the offer, in this case October 2, 2026. The off-payroll date for employees who accept the

offer will be October 11, 2026.