The company hasn’t been bargaining in good faith so, ULP strike. There are agreements that the company bargaining team has reneged, used incompetent company negotiators and other stalling tactics. The lead negotiator (attorney) used discriminatory language by calling Wire Techs, second class, he was removed. They just now are using “senior company representatives” to bargain because the team they were using wasn’t authorized to sign agreements, they didn’t understand the contract and articles etc. so, basically incompetent. Same pattern as 2019 negotiations but worse, they had to fly a new team in then too. A TA happened quickly once they stopped their ULP actions, funny how that worked.
Per CWA bargaining updates, the company offered a proposal of varying wage increases over five years. The whole five years total wasn’t even equal to one year of Stankey’s raise (13.04%). According to CWA bargainers update, the company proposals are shifting and they keep reneging on agreements. They also offered a regressive and very expensive healthcare plan instead of using regional prices. Time will tell If they are serious, because the company has made Billions in net profit, all the union is asking is for a fair agreement so, we can all get back to work.