Health Care, Wages Take Center Stage

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Negotiations will resume Oct. 9-10 in Denver, says CWA spokesman Al Kogler. The previous three-year contract -originally slated to expire at midnight on Aug. 17 - has been extended until midnight on Oct. 10 as the parties return to the bargaining table. Union members are reporting to work as usual. A "clear majority" of CWA's members employed at Qwest voted not to ratify the tentative contract, Kogler says. Two-thirds of the IBEW's Qwest workers voted against ratification, says Barbara Stenquist, business manager and bargaining agent at IBEW Local 206 in Helena, Mont.