Consolidated Communications — the company that acquired FairPoint a year ago — has reached a tentative contract agreement with employees’ unions in Northern New England.
The CEO of Consolidated Communications says the agreement reflects improved relations between unions and the company. The president of the Communications Workers of America Local 1400, Don Trementozzi, says negotiations were respectful.
“We did have a viable conversation back and forth, and they did negotiate, although their initial goals were much different,” he says.
Trementozzi says Consolidated Communications initially proposed sweeping layoffs, but the tentative agreement would preserve nearly half of union members’ jobs and offer good exit packages.
Union members will vote on the proposal this week.
This story was originally published Aug. 6, 2018 at 4:39 pm ET.
