AT&T, CWA reach tentative wireline labor agreement

Source: fiercetelecom.com

By Sean Buckley

AT&T (NYSE: T) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have hammered out tentative agreements covering nearly 17,000 wireline employees in the Midwest.

These tentative agreements cover union employees that work for AT&T Midwest and AT&T Corp.

The AT&T Midwest contract covers about 12,000 employees in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, while the AT&T Corp. contract covers about 4,500 employees spread across the country.

Over the next few days, the agreements will be submitted to the union's membership for ratification votes.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/att-cwa-reach-tentative-wireline-labor-agreement/2015-05-13

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Marta was CWA for 18 years and has a vested overfunded pension she will soon be tapping into.



CWA REACHES TENTATIVE CONTRACTS AT AT&T MIDWEST, LEGACY: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_reaches_tentative_contracts_at_att_midwest_legacy#.VVSTn_lViko

May 13, 2015

Washington, D.C. -- CWA bargaining teams reached tentative agreements last night in separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy. Summaries of the tentative agreements will be posted at www.cwaatatt.com. Details are being provided to CWA members for ratification votes. (*)

A key goal for the negotiations that began in February was to ensure an overall improvement in workers’ standard of living. The tentative agreements provide for wage increases, pension safeguards, improvements in job security and other gains, resulting in real economic improvement for workers. (*)

CWA represents about 13,000 workers at AT&T Midwest operations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. AT&T Legacy is a nationwide unit representing about 4,500 workers. (*)

Negotiations with AT&T Southeast, covering 27,000 workers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, get underway this summer.(*)

CWA represents 700,000 workers in telecommunications, media, airlines, public service and manufacturing.