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FairPoint contract expires this weekend
2014-08-01 20:27:39| Telecom - Topix.net
Union workers are unhappy with proposed changes to health and retirement benefits, as well as changes aimed at allowing greater use of nonunion workers.
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Talks set for FairPoint Communications and union
2014-07-29 18:29:17| Telecom - Topix.net
Contract talks are due to resume between FairPoint Communications and the largest union representing workers across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
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FairPoint workers to take strike vote
2014-07-08 21:40:34| Telecom - Topix.net
Unions representing nearly 2,000 employees of telecommunications firm FairPoint Communications in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are scheduling a strike authorization vote from July 11 to 13. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council T-9 and Communications Workers of America Local 1400 began negotiating with management on ... (more)
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FairPoint opens data center in New Hampshire
2014-06-23 14:46:13| Telecom - Topix.net
Charlotte-based FairPoint Communications Inc. is wading into retail customer data-center services with the opening of a facility in Laconia, N.H. According to a news release last week, FairPoint's new data center offers businesses and public entities rack space in a secure location equipped with network connections to manage off-site disaster ... (more)
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FairPoint proposes freezing worker pensions
2014-05-30 11:03:15| Telecom - Topix.net
FairPoint Communications and its unionized employees in northern New England have returned to the bargaining table.
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