Qwest, union reps continue contract talks (at bizjournals.com)

and union representatives began meeting for the second consecutive morning Friday, trying to reach a deal before a contract extension covering about 18,000 employees runs out. The Denver-based telecom (NYSE: Q) and the Communications Workers of America are renegotiating an employment agreement for the workers following the union members’ overwhelming rejection of a proposed contract Sept. 30. That proposal, fashioned in July following talks between company and union leadership, was a three-year contract that would have increased wages by... [read full story]