As you all have probably heard, Qwest and CWA hammered out a new agreement as the deadline hit late Friday night.
No significant details have been released, other than the fact that it will be a 4-year deal with 3% raises each year. That was a slight improvement over the 3 year deal, which had a 3% raise the first year, then slightly lower raises the following two years if I recall correctly.
Health care monthly premiums will be rising. That won’t make any of us happy, but its hard to imagine the membership will vote this agreement down with all of the turmoil enveloping the US and world economy.
More details will be released on Monday. Of particular interest will be any additional detail on “respect” issues that are supposedly part of the new deal. Hard to imagine that the company would have caved on GPS, QJD, or any other electronic monitoring that is already in place, but we will have to wait and see.
