On Thursday, August 25, IBEW 1245 members at Frontier Communications Colusa/Shingletown overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement by a vote of 10-1. The new agreement will be in effect from August 20, 2016 to August 19, 2020 and includes:
- Improvement to boot allowance
- Improvement to Certification Differential
- Improvement each year of agreement to the maximum hourly wage rate
- Improvement to the percentage of the merit increase that is attainable
- Addition of Spanish language fluency differential
- No change to Employee Benefits Programs
The bargaining committee was comprised of members John Woytek and Chris Harmon.
–Sheila Lawton, IBEW 1245 Business Rep