Frontier Workers Demand an End to Outsourcing

Chanting “No contract! No peace!” CWA-represented Frontier workers, retirees, and supporters in Hartford, Conn., rallied last week to demand the company halt the outsourcing of union work to contractors.

CWA Local 1298 President Dave Weidlich stated, “Frontier has cut over 1000 jobs since they acquired us in 2014. Many of these positions have been shifted to contractors. We stood by Frontier during both the COVID pandemic and their bankruptcy in 2020, taking concessions while caring for our Connecticut customers. Now that they have emerged from bankruptcy, it’s time for them to stand by us, the employees who were responsible for our part in the company’s current success."

Members have also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Frontier for direct dealing—negotiating directly with individual workers on issues that should be negotiated through collective bargaining.

The current contract was set to expire in October of last year but, through several mutually agreed-upon extensions, is now set to expire on June 28, after which workers will not be barred from striking if necessary.

 
CWA Local 1298 members, retirees, and allies rallied (with Scabby the Rat) in Hartford, Conn., last week to demand an end to the outsourcing of jobs to contractors by Frontier.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.