ALLTEL Reaches Agreement with CWA in Pennsylvania.High-Tech Writers KITTANNING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2003 ALLTEL (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AT) today announced it has reached agreement on a new three-year contract with about 130 employees represented by the Communications Workers of America Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States (the union also has locals in Canada), representing over 700,000 workers in both the private and public sectors. in western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, and is the cultural center for Western Pennsylvania. . The contract covers CWA CWA Clean Water Act (33 USC) CWA Communications Workers of America CWA Concerned Women for America CWA CEN Workshop Agreement (European pre-normative document) CWA County Warning Area CWA Clean Water Action members in Export, Kittanning, Murrysville, Lansford, Muncy, Ridgway and Brookville. The agreement will be put up for ratification by the union membership in the next 30 days. "This agreement demonstrates ALLTEL's commitment to reaching union agreements that balance the needs of our customers, employees and shareholders," said Terry Beeler, market area president for Kentucky and Pennsylvania operations. "Our Pennsylvania employees have shown tremendous dedication and support for our customers by remaining on the job after their contract expired while the terms of the new contract were being negotiated. That is the kind of commitment our company needs as we move forward in this highly competitive industry." ALLTEL is a customer-focused communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with more than 12 million customers and nearly $8 billion in annual revenues. ALLTEL provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 26 states. |
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