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The Union (CWA) and Company (CenturyLink) bargaining committees met again on August 31, 2018, in Jacksonville, AR. Contract negotiations continued late into the night and at 11:59 p.m., the parties agreed to stop the clock in order to continue bargaining.

The Union (CWA) and Company (CenturyLink) met, August 30, 2018, in Jacksonville, AR.
The Union and Company continued to discuss their respective proposals and traded counterproposals.

There will be a Dish Network call tomorrow, August 28, 2018, at 7:30 PM to provide an update on the Dish Bargaining that took place last week.

Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce that all of the contracts have ratified (Core, Supply and the Austin Enterprise Delivery).

Frontier Contract Explanation Town Hall Call - Audio Link

JOIN US FOR OUR TOWN HALL CALL ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018 at 7 P.M.

Your CWA Frontier Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a Tentative Agreement with Frontier regarding the four contracts: CBA 48(Core), CBA 548(Buried Service Wire), CBA 113(Supply Chain) and CBA (55), VZED out of the Austin local. A contract explanation call is being set up in the near future. You will receive the call in number shortly when the details are finalized. Below are some of the highlights from negotiations:

After many late night hours of a long and hard fought weekend the Union and company committees are back at the table and moving in the right direction.

After weeks of negotiations with no movement, due to previous company proposals being in your committee’s opinion, “completely retrogressive,” the table is finally moving.

Your Committee applaud your efforts! We are not the only ones who hear you. Your priorities have been laid out and the message has been heard loud and clear.

Your Bargaining Committee has heard you, and we are keeping your priorities front and center in everything we are doing. Your Mobilization efforts are not going unnoticed.

According to the surveys, the top three items were: Job Security, Healthcare and Contract Labor.

Your Committee spent the day going through each MOA and the changes proposed by the company in each one in preparation to respond.

We are now 15 days away from expiration and the Company is showing no sign of wanting to treat Texas better than a second class citizen! They ignore the fact that even though Melanie Williams (V.P. over Texas) stated we are profitable here they continue to want concessions from us while other areas have been given extensions and simple renewals.

Your Committee and the company met in joint session today to discuss in detail proposals handed across the table relating to Supply. The company is still working to answer RFI’s your Committee previously handed to the company.

Your Committee spent the day reviewing MOA’s and previous proposals. The committees did not meet in joint session today as the company filled another outstanding RFI that took time to review.

The Union and the company met this morning. Your Committee addressed the company’s opening statement and the inconsistencies in it and their methods of bargaining, as well as rejecting most of their retrogressive proposals. We continued to express what was critical to the membership and will hold on those proposals.

As we enter into the fourth week of bargaining, your Committee reconvened and we spent the day carefully assessing our strategy, thoroughly studying and discussing the events of the past weeks.

The Union met with the company today and exchanged proposals and counter proposals as well as handed over a RFI on Vendor status within TSO.

The Union and company met today. The Union handed over 3 proposals, 1 counter proposal and rejected a company proposal.

The company provided the outstanding RFIs (Request For Information) from the last meeting.

The end of week three has brought new insight into these negotiations. Lines have been scratched into both sides of the table. But, FEAR NOT Brothers and Sisters, this Committee has its heals dug in and we are here to fight.

Your Bargaining Committee spent the day deliberating over proposals and making information request as well as conferring with district officials over additional issues.

Your Bargaining Committee met with the company this morning to get their response to several of the Unions Proposals, as well as to request information on some other Union Proposals.