From Channel Partners:
"Windstream partners got an unexpected shock in the form of a letter saying their current agreements are null and void, and they are required to sign new agreements or risk being cut off from commissions."
"Windstream filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in February, and during a briefing at last month’s Channel Partners Conference and Expo, Curt Allen, Windstream Enterprise’s president of strategic channels, said the partner program included 31 standard agreements, 'so the bankruptcy court has made it real clear that you’ve got to clean this up, this is a mess and I firmly agree with them. So we’re going to consolidate everybody onto a single agreement.'”
Not sure of the significance; salespeople always hate changes in commissions, terms, etc. And chapter 11 does force some changes.
On the other hand, the devil is in the details -- I don't know whether this is just administrative cleanup or a bad thing for agents. If it is a bad deal for agents, is that true for everyone or just some that "deserve" it.