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Unions, Lucent Technologies Agree to Extend Negotiations One Week
Washington, D.C. – Lucent Technologies, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers today announced that they will extend their negotiations over their collective bargaining agreements one week to midnight, Sunday, Nov. 7. The current contracts expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Negotiators from the three parties have been meeting regularly since Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C. The company and the unions still have several critical issues to resolve and have agreed that continuing negotiations will provide additional time to more fully explore alternatives to the difficult and complex issues at the bargaining table.
The negotiations will continue to be conducted under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
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Negotiators from the three parties have been meeting regularly since Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C. The company and the unions still have several critical issues to resolve and have agreed that continuing negotiations will provide additional time to more fully explore alternatives to the difficult and complex issues at the bargaining table.
The negotiations will continue to be conducted under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
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