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Article: United States : FairPoint asks unions for $30 million in cuts.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
FairPoint Communications Inc. is asking for union workers in northern New England for wage and benefit cuts averaging up to $12,000 each a year, or $30 million across the board.
Glenn Brackett, business manager for IBEW Local 2320, said there is "no justification" for $30 million in cuts.
"It's a number they seemed to pull out of the sky."
FairPoint spokeswoman Jill Healey Wurm said she couldn't comment on specific areas where FairPoint is asking for givebacks.
Brackett said FairPoint's approximately 2,600 unionized workers include both International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Communication Workers ...