(Denver, Co.)– Centurylink and the union representing 13,000 workers in 13 states including Iowa and Minnesota have failed to reach a contract agreement, but have signed onto a day-to-day extension of the expired pact.
The Communications Workers of America made the announcement after the existing labor contract expired at 11:59 P.M. Saturday. CWA spokesman Al Kogler said in a statement that negotiations will continue and workers will remain on the job during the extension.
Kogler has said the union opposes a proposed increase in health care premiums and wants to bring more more jobs back to the U.S. The union had authorized a strike in the event that a new deal couldn’t be reached with the Monroe, La.-based telecommunications company.
(From the Associated Press.)
