PORTLAND — Striking FairPoint workers from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont gathered in Monument Square on Saturday afternoon to rally for what they say is a fair contract that would maintain “good jobs and good service” in northern New England. “No contract, no peace,” the crowd chanted, led by Diane Winton, president of the International […]
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FairPoint asks customers for patience during strike
UPDATED – 10:12 a.m. PORTLAND (AP) — For the first time since workers walked out last month, FairPoint Communications is acknowledging delays in fulfilling customer service requests and is asking its customers for patience. The company that provides telephone service and high-speed Internet service is working to eliminate the backlog of customer service requests and […]
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Strikers continue to target FairPoint owners
WATERVILLE — A group of striking FairPoint workers is picketing a meeting of Colby College’s trustees, saying one of them has the power to force the telephone company to return to the bargaining table. More than two dozen workers on Friday aimed to put pressure on Michael Gordon, co-founder and chief information officer of New […]
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FairPoint cries foul as striking unions say nor’easter will test replacement workers
PORTLAND — A warning of possible storm-related service outages from leaders of a union strike at FairPoint Communications prompted a sharp response from company officials Tuesday, who alleged union members have harassed the workers hired to replace them during the strike. The unions warned early in the day that a nor’easter storm expected to bring […]
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‘We don’t know what to expect’: FairPoint workers in Maine picket during first day of strike
The parking lot at FairPoint’s call center on Riverside Drive in Portland was still empty at about 10 a.m. Friday. In the coming weeks and months, who might pull into those and other parking spaces at FairPoint offices around the state is one of the biggest questions ahead for about 800 of the company’s Maine […]
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Fairpoint unions go on strike
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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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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Collins defends vote against drone civilian casualty reporting
AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Collins’ vote against an amendment to an intelligence budget bill that would require the U.S. to tally and report civilian casualties in drone strikes has caught the attention of a national blogger who argues Collins’ early vote could put the entire 2014 Senate Intelligence Authorization Act at risk. The vote could […]
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Train kills 2 track workers amid SF Bay strike
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area commuter train returning from routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting the tracks Saturday afternoon — an accident that comes amid a strike that has shut the Bay Area Rapid Transit system down to riders for the past few days. The four-car train […]