Local 3010 Telecom Installers Ratify Strong Contracts in Puerto Rico

CWA Local 3010 members at two subcontractors for the Puerto Rico Telephone Company have ratified strong three-year contracts that include improved grievance and arbitration procedures, new bonuses and more leave time.

Members at Jaf Communications unanimously ratified their contract last Friday, covering 40 installers. On June 10, the contract for 57 installers at Telephone Technology Systems Inc. was ratified 48-1.

Both contracts offer a Christmas bonus and production bonus, more sick leave and new leaves of absence for Disability and Workers Compensation. Further, "the union achieved something very important, we didn't lose a single benefit or right," said Local 3010 Secretary-Treasurer Luis Benitez.

"We kept everything that had been won with the sacrifice and dedication of our members," he said. "This wasn't easy. We have a Republican government eager to destroy employees' rights but we fought hard."

Bargaining Committee members were Ernesto Ortiz Delgado, vice president of the Installers Unit; Francisco Aponte, steward; David López, alternate, and Local 3010 President Rafael Castro Torres.