AT&T Southeast Bargaining report # 10

Today the CWA /AT&T Southeast bargaining team and the Subcommittees met with the Company in several meetings. It was a long and busy day trying to get the company to understand the needs of the membership. The different Subcommittees met throughout the day making attempts to gauge the temperature of the company and to try to steer future negotiations towards the membership’s corner. The Bargaining Team met with the Company and while the Company didn’t come to the table with any new proposals at all, they did come with some rejections. They rejected the two proposals that we had moving Wire Technicians into the Core contract. We followed up with 10 more proposals and rejected one of the Company’s. Some of these proposals were regarding pay protections during surpluses and several relating to Wire Technicians such as Overtime, Home Garaging, Bereavement and more. Everyone needs to be mobilized and strong because we need the Company to know that we mean business, let them know where you stand, STAND STRONG!