No change in Job security language
	No change in movement of work
	Five year contract – no re-opener
	Wage increases will be 3% lump sum upon ratification

2% guaranteed minimum annual increase in August of ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, & ‘07 plus a new cost of living that would be payable in ’06 and ‘07

March 28, 2008, 5:08PM
N.H. Reviewing FairPoint-Verizon Deal

By NORMA LOVE Associated Press Writer
© 2008 The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire and Vermont regulators will hold emergency meetings Sunday to reconsider the sale of Verizon's landline phone and Internet service in northern New England to North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications.

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Tentative contract gives raises for next five years

By KATE DAVIDSON
Monitor staff

Two unions that represent more than 2,500 Verizon employees in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont have reached a tentative contract with FairPoint Communications, the North Carolina-based company that will take over Verizon's landline operations in the three states March 31.

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Verizon: $500,000,000 — Public: $0

By: JEFF INGLIS, The Portland Phoenix

From time to time, we all wonder how bad public-policy choices make it through "the democratic process," being vetted and scrutinized by "the appropriate agencies," and incorporating "public input."

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Communications Workers of America

News Release

For Immediate Release: February 26, 2008

NH provides last regulatory approval...

Unions pledge to work with new employer and regulators to ensure high quality service and expanded broadband

By DENIS PAISTE
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff

MANCHESTER – More than a year after a $2.7 billion telecommunications deal was proposed, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission yesterday gave final approval for the transfer of Verizon Communications' regional landline phone business to FairPoint Communications.

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