From: digest-replies@telecom-digest.org   
      
    June 8, 2023   
      
   Frontier (West Virginia)   
      
   CWAers at Frontier in West Virginia and Ashburn, Va., are bargaining   
   for a new contract that covers approximately 1,400 members.   
   Negotiations opened on Monday between the company and CWA ahead of the   
   current contract expiration in August. The negotiations come at a   
   critical time for the company, which emerged from bankruptcy in April   
   2021. West Virginia is slated to receive $950 million from the   
   bipartisan federal infrastructure bill to invest in expanding   
   broadband internet access to locations across the state. Frontier   
   members in West Virginia and Ashburn went on strike for three weeks in   
   2018 in order to reach an agreement that ensured that they would be   
   able to provide quality service and keep good jobs in their   
   communities. “Five years after our strike, we have the same priorities   
   at Frontier in West Virginia and Virginia,” said Ed Mooney, Vice   
   President of CWA District 2-13. “Our message is simple: we want a   
   contract that supports quality jobs so we can deliver quality   
   service.”   
      
   https://cwa-union.org/news/bargaining-update-245   
      
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