AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #40

Our bargaining team met with the company over the weekend and continued to push AT&T to bargain with us in good faith towards reaching an agreement.  Unfortunately, AT&T continued their same old tactics and despite our best efforts at the bargaining table, we are no closer to reaching an agreement.  Previously, AT&T's representatives expressed a desire to clear some of the smaller issues off the bargaining table, so they could bargain with us over the larger issues at a later time.  With that in mind, our bargaining team went to the table and tried to reach an agreement with the company on the smallest of issues - a modest increase in funding for the CWA/AT&T Southeast PARTNERSHIP Program.  Once again, the company was either unable or unwilling to make an agreement on even the smallest of issues.    
 

While there is no progress to report at the bargaining table, there is major progress in the mobilization efforts taking place across District 3.  It is clear to our bargaining team that CWA members in District 3 are willing to do whatever it takes to force AT&T to bargain with us in good faith towards reaching an agreement.  While the tension continues to build at both the workplace and at the bargaining table, we want to assure you that you have a bargaining team who has your back, and they’re working hard for you.  With this in mind, we would like to share a phrase with you, so often repeated by a Union supporter who served as the head coach for a respected college football program in the Southeast.  In what became a mantra for Alabama fans, Nick Saban often echoed the words "Trust the Process"