Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, wants to help resolve...
Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, wants to help resolve the union contract struggles that FairPoint Communications faces in Maine. “I am encouraging both sides to stay at the bargaining table and to negotiate in good faith on a new contract that…
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will protect workers and help the company to grow and be successful,” he said in a statement last week, citing a recent meeting he had with FairPoint workers and that his staff had with FairPoint. Negotiations are underway between FairPoint and both the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 2,000 FairPoint workers, 750 of them in Maine, Michaud said. “The success of any company -- or the state as a whole for that matter -- is tied to its workforce,” he said. “It’s my hope that a fair agreement can be reached that will protect good jobs in Maine and help Fairpoint to provide top quality service to its customers.” Shenna Bellows, the Democratic challenger for one of Maine’s U.S. Senate seats, backs the Maine FairPoint workers, she said in a news release earlier this month (http://bit.ly/X547Oc). The FairPoint labor contract expires Aug. 2.