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Show 2A - Tuesday, Sun Advocate, Price, Utah August 18, 1998 Union workers strike against West when negotiations fail to solve contract dispute US About 34,000 union workers went on strike against US West last Saturday night after ' benefits. health-car- e Union officials said the company is forcing many employweeks, ees to work but US West officials insist they have been hiring new workers for three years. two days of secret negotiations with a federal mediator failed to resolve a contentious contract dispute centering on a controversial performance-paplan. The Communications Workers of America members, including operators, customer-servic- e 60-ho- Regarding health care, y union representatives are upset because the company wants to use a new plan that limits the number of physi- representatives and cians. field technicians in a region, walked off the job Company officials point out that they still pay all costs of health care for employees and their families. 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The US West spokespeople said the company's customers can expect some delays in re- 4-- H Pork Roast 79 patched work and stitching in the quilts displayed exhibit of the Carbon County Fair. the Ribs E3 at county fair n Boneless oz. 6 exhibit Ham Rice or Pasta Roni ' i 4-- H L. Steak $ in 059 Cube St! Milt, Helped 47 40 i zi.:. 1 at midnight when the current three-yea- r pact expired. Company officials dis- eral mediator Jim Mahon joined the sessions, meeting at an undisclosed Denver hotel, first separately with representatives of each side and then as a group. At Saturday, US West officials introduced a pairs, installation and directory assistance calls, but there should be little effect on automated phone service. It was the first time employees have struck US West since the telephone company was created in the 1984 breakup of AT&T. Although two other Baby Bells, BellSouth and Bell Atlantic, reached tentative contracts with the union last week, officials at US West and the union were unable to agree on the companys plan to base salary increases on job mid-afterno- package wage-and-bene- they called the best-in-th- e class. But union officials maintained that the company's benefit package would not help if were still on performance-pa- y the table. Its not just the dollar amount thats a problem with the package, pointed out Carla West, a spokeswoman for CWA Local 7777. Thats hand in hand with our issue of mandatory overtime, she said. In order to meet the benchmark base, youd have to work overtime.--theyralready working over- time in an unsafe environ---mentTheyre exhausted. to reduce mandatory over- time. Weve been driving that down in the past three years, Beigie said. Were hiring more people. The union represents about 34,000 of US Wests 51,000 employees. US West also was in contract talks with the Interna-- ' tional Brotherhood of Electri- cal Workers, which represents : about 600 workers in Mon- - tana. The current pact also will expire at midnight Saturday if no agreement is reached. Based in Denver, U S West has about 25 million customers in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Min- nesota, Nebraska, New' Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. structure. Under the companys proposal, all workers would receive 100 percent of the base salary, with the option of earning up to 20 percent more by meeting targets, such as completing a preset number of re- pair calls within a specific time period. Failing to meet the goals would not affect the employees' base pay.' M1 Employees who are hired before Jan. 1 could choose whether to participate in the new plan, but it would be J mandatory for anyone hired after the designated date. ' US West officials began a performance-paprogram for sales associates three years y ago. The officials indicate that about 80 percent of the qualified workers are involved in the program. The telephone company now wants to extend it to 7,100 technicians responsible for repairs and in- stallations. Company officials said the plan is necessary to improve customer service as US West faces increasing competition. But union representatives SAVE m SAVE SAVE sSAVE m SAVE SAVE SAVE claim that it would be a difficult plan to implement for repair technicians because many factors are out of their control, such as weather and equip- -' ment problems. The two sides also were at odds with the company over SAVE SAVE Dalpiaz names road to Habitat project recently installed' street sign signals a new address in Helper city. Mayor Mike Dalpiaz has named the lane leading to the local Habitat for Humanity's housing project project 'Jimmy Carter Lane.' 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