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N.C. Locals Fight Sprint’s Anti-Union Plan
N.C. Locals Fight Sprint’s Anti-Union Plan
Negotiations between CWA and Sprint Corp. at North Carolina units are bogged down over Sprint’s anti-union game plan.
About 450 workers at call centers in New Bern and Fayetteville have been working without a contract since March 1. Sprint wants to continue to treat non-represented workers more favorably in the area of disability and sickness pay, among other issues, said CWA Representative Jimmy Gurganus.
CWA has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board over Sprint’s implementation of its last contract offers at New Bern and Fayetteville. Informal talks are continuing. CWA locals are continuing mobilization actions and have launched a media campaign that calls on Sprint “to stop attacking employees and start working to give customers the quality service they deserve.”
A third North Carolina contract, covering about 120 Sprint technicians and other workers in Hickory, expires at the end of May. Among the key issues is the company’s demand to temporarily lay off workers under a system that would eliminate the traditional protections of seniority for a large number of workers, Gurganus said.
Negotiations between CWA and Sprint Corp. at North Carolina units are bogged down over Sprint’s anti-union game plan.
About 450 workers at call centers in New Bern and Fayetteville have been working without a contract since March 1. Sprint wants to continue to treat non-represented workers more favorably in the area of disability and sickness pay, among other issues, said CWA Representative Jimmy Gurganus.
CWA has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board over Sprint’s implementation of its last contract offers at New Bern and Fayetteville. Informal talks are continuing. CWA locals are continuing mobilization actions and have launched a media campaign that calls on Sprint “to stop attacking employees and start working to give customers the quality service they deserve.”
A third North Carolina contract, covering about 120 Sprint technicians and other workers in Hickory, expires at the end of May. Among the key issues is the company’s demand to temporarily lay off workers under a system that would eliminate the traditional protections of seniority for a large number of workers, Gurganus said.