The union representing 13,000 Century-Link employees in 13 states will present its health care proposal to the telecommunications company Monday as negotiations on a new labor contract inch forward.
Health insurance costs and outsourcing have been since bargaining began in August.
The four-year deal between the Communications Workers of America District 7 and CenturyLink expired Oct. 6. Though union members authorized a strike in the event that a new pact couldn’t be reached by then, employees have continued to work under .
CWA spokesman Al Kogler ssaid union officials are reviewing reports recently received from actuaries that had been examining CenturyLink’s financial records as it relates to the company’s health care expenses.
“We’ll reconvene on Monday and at that point we’ll actually be getting down to the nuts and bolts of the health care,” Kogler said Friday.
He said the union will “definitely” present a health care proposal Monday covering current employees and retirees.
CenturyLink acquired Denver-based Qwest last year. The CWA membership covers legacy Qwest employees, including about 2,000 in Colorado.
“We continue to negotiate in good faith and continue to run our operations smoothly so that our customers are not impacted,” CenturyLink spokesman Mark Molzen said.
