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AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #7

The Union and Company exchanged additional proposals today. We have presented proposals on lowering the amount of forced overtime, higher pay when working in other cities, an improved surplus process, and more flexibility in bargained time off. This highly profitable company advised us that they have no appetite to absorb any additional costs generated by some of our proposals. They even went as far as offering many retrogressive proposals, intended to strip many of your current benefits and wo

AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #7

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2019 AT&T Bargaining - CWA Opening Statements

Today, CWA District 3 and AT&T Southeast officially opened 2019 contract negotiations. We are bargaining three different southeast labor contracts simultaneously, which cover over 22,000 employee's from BellSouth Telecommunications, Utility Operations, and BellSouth Billing Inc. Members across District 3 participated in numerous actions of solidarity across the District, through informational pickets and public displays of support for our bargaining teams.

2019 AT&T Bargaining - CWA Opening Statements

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CWA/AT&T SE Bargaining Report #6

The Union and the Company met again this afternoon. The Union presented proposals that included improving the options available to surplus employees; adding additional specified holidays; having core language apply to employees covered by an addendum; and improvements in language regarding employees transferred to another place of reporting.

CWA/AT&T SE Bargaining Report #6

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As Negotiations Begin at AT&T Southeast, CWA Members Urge the Company to Share Record-Breaking Profits with its Employees
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As Negotiations Begin at AT&T Southeast, CWA Members Urge the Company to Share Record-Breaking Profits with its Employees

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson pledged to invest $1 billion and create 7,000 new jobs if Congress passed the corporate tax cut plan, but an analysis shows that AT&T has cut over 23,000 jobs since the tax cut passed and announced job cuts for nearly 2,000 more workers.

As Negotiations Begin at AT&T Southeast, CWA Members Urge the Company to Share Record-Breaking Profits with its Employees

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AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #5

Over the past weekend, your bargaining teams finalized numerous proposals to present to the Company. Negotiations officially opened today with statements from both the Company and the Union. The Company stressed the need to be flexible, considering many of its competitors are non-union employers. D3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt pointed out three important principles to the Company – responsibility, respect, and loyalty.

AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #5