The Communication Workers of
America and Frontier Communications have agreed to a fifth contract extension.
The latest extension was set to
expire Friday but the union announced Thursday evening it’s been extended to
May 31, a 37-day extension.
The contract, which originally
expired Aug. 2, 2013, covers 1,600 Frontier workers in West Virginia
“We continue to make progress at the negotiating
table,” said CWA International Representative Elaine Harris in a prepared
statement. “The extension alleviates some of the pressure on everyone involved
and it allows us to keep the focus on the issues important to our members, not
an upcoming deadline.”
