PORTLAND — More than 1,700 FairPoint Communications workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont went on strike early Friday after a failed attempt hours earlier by two unions to re-engage the company in negotiations. The unions have offered “significant concessions” but the company wasn’t interested, said Peter McLaughlin, business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical […]
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Fairpoint unions want to ‘take this fight to a new level’
PORTLAND — Leaders of two unions representing workers at FairPoint Communications on Thursday directed its members to continue working to the minimum required terms imposed by the company last week as they “take this fight to a new level.” Though the contract only covers workers in New England, union officials said members in New York […]
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Unions use Labor Day rally to call for FairPoint to return to negotiating table
PORTLAND — Hundreds of union workers chanting slogans and waving signs used a Labor Day rally in Portlandto demand that FairPoint Communications return to the negotiating table. The workers gathered in Longfellow Square on Monday after a Labor Day breakfast sponsored by the Southern Maine Labor Council. The group demanded an end to corporate greed, […]
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FairPoint ends contract talks, seeks to impose its last offer on workers
PORTLAND — The two unions representing about 2,000 FairPoint Communications workers in Northern New England said company officials are walking away from contract negotiations and seeking to impose the terms of its most recent contract proposals. Union representatives said the company notified them by email at 12:01 a.m. Thursday that management has declared an impasse […]
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Fairpoint ends contract negotiations
PORTLAND — The two unions representing about 2,000 FairPoint Communications workers in Northern New England said company officials are walking away from contract negotiations and seeking to impose the terms of its most recent contract proposals. Union representatives said in a statement early Thursday morning that company negotiators notified them by email at 12:01 a.m. […]
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In preliminary count, FairPoint strike authorized
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Unions representing FairPoint Communications workers in northern New England say preliminary vote counts suggest an overwhelming majority of members support authorizing a strike. Negotiations began in April on a contract that expires Aug. 2. Workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont recently held meetings to vote on whether to authorize a […]
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FairPoint has plans to ensure continued service in case of strike
PORTLAND (AP) — FairPoint Communications says it has plans to ensure that its services to customers continue in northern New England in the event of a strike. Unions representing nearly 2,000 employees of the telecommunications firm in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are scheduling a strike authorization vote from July 11 to 13. International Brotherhood […]
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Fairpoint workers to vote on strike authorization this weekend
PORTLAND — Unions representing nearly 2,000 employees of telecommunications firm FairPoint Communications in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are scheduling a strike authorization vote from July 11 to 13. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council T-9 and Communications Workers of America Local 1400 began negotiating with management on April 25. Their contracts expire Aug. […]
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Union representing FairPoint workers blasts LePage veto of new standards for telecom mergers
PORTLAND, Maine — Officials at the union that represents most employees of FairPoint Communications say telephone and broadband customers remain exposed to the negative consequences of a bad merger or acquisition after Gov. Paul LePage on Friday vetoed a bill setting new standards for such a deal. The bill, LD 1761, would have set new […]
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Maine Senate passes bill overseeing possible sale of FairPoint
AUGUSTA — A bill to make sure Mainers benefit from any merger, reorganization or sale of the state’s largest telecom utility, FairPoint, won approval in the Senate Thursday morning. FairPoint, which owns and operates the backbone of Maine’s telephone infrastructure and provides DSL broadband services, was involved in a contentious reorganization of the utility in […]