The System Council T6 has completed all voting in New England on the tentative contract extension agreement.  The results were overwhelming, with 96% of all votes in favor of the new contract.  Those results are not surprising because this new agreement will lend security over the next for 5 years:  security in the form of a combined 10.75% in wage increases in addition to the 2.5% already negotiated for 2019; security in the form of telecom industry-leading benefits where costs are contained and predictable for 5 more years; and security in the form of unchanged contract language that protects union jobs.  

This extension builds on the successes of our current contract, which was won by this membership’s determination to stand together and stay strong in 2016.  We will now continue to reap the benefits of that strength until 2023.  Thank you for standing up for all of us.