Alltel, CWA announce new contract in Kentucky.LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Alltel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AT) and 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. today announced that employees represented by the 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 in Kentucky have ratified a new three-year contract. The current contract expires June 7, 2006. The agreement covers about 350 employees from CWA Locals 3371 and 3372 that handle installation and repair of local telephone services for residential and business customers in central and eastern Kentucky, including Lexington, Hazard and Ashland. "We appreciate the employees' vote to ratify," said Barry Bishop Barry Wilfred Bishop (born August 31, 1938) is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from October 1992 until November 2006, representing North Western Province. , vice president of wireline services for Alltel in Kentucky. "This agreement recognizes the competitive realities of the telecommunications industry and gives our company the flexibility and continuity needed to serve customers." "This is a good contract for our members," said Mike Garkovich, president of Communications of America Local 3372. "We are pleased to have reached an early agreement with Alltel. Now we can move forward and concentrate on delivering superior service to our customers." On Dec. 9, Alltel announced that it would spin off its landline business and merge it with VALOR valor a rodenticide no longer marketed because of toxicity in horses causing dehydration, abdominal pain, hindlimb weakness, inappetence, fishy smell in urine. Called also N-3-pyridyl methyl N1-p-nitrophenyl urea. Communications Group. The combination will create a major voice, broadband and entertainment services company focused on the rural U.S. The new company will be called Windstream Corporation and expects to trade on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "WIN" upon close of the transaction, which is expected to be completed by mid-year. About Windstream Communications After separating from Alltel and merging with VALOR Communications Group, Windstream Communications will provide voice, broadband and entertainment services to customers in 16 states. The company will have approximately 3.4 million access lines and about $3.4 billion in annual revenues. For more information, visit www.windstreamcomm.com. About Alltel Alltel is a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues. |
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