2025 DirecTV Southwest Bargaining Highlights

Wage Increase

• Wage Increases
  • April 27, 2025, 5.00%
  • April 26, 2026, 3.00%+COLA
  • April 25, 2027, 3.00%+COLA
  • April 23, 2028, 3.00%+COLA
• Health Care
  • Retain 29% cost share
  • Option 1 Individual Premium reduced by 23.38% from the current $154 in 2025 to $118 in 2026
  • Option 1 Family Premium reduced by 20.57% from the current $418 in 2025 to $332 in 2026
  • Option 2 Individual Premium reduced by 29.25% from the current $106 in 2025 to $75 in 2026
  • Option 2 Family Premium reduced by 27.43% from the current $288 in 2025 to $209 in 2026
  • Added Option 3, low premium high-deductible option

•  Health Care Continued
  • At the end of the contract in 2029 for Option 1 for Individual and Family Premiums the employees will be paying less than they are currently paying in 2025
  • Added Hearing Aid benefits
  • Added maintenance drugs under the Rx program
    • Preventive therapy medications under Option 2 and Option 3 critical for the treatment of congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, diabetes, asthma, depression, and osteoporosis are exempted from the deductible. Copayment continues to apply.
• Job Titles
  • Premise Technicians changed to Service Technicians
  • Added Administrative Support Assistant (WFH) and Office Coordinator (WFH) titles
• Company will printed copies of the contract
• Changed the classification of Part Time employees to “…work more than seventeen (17) but no more than thirty-two (32) hours per week…”
• Basis of Compensation
  • Double time after 54 hours
  • Mandatory overtime will not be over 12 hours per week
  • Added a defined Rest Period
• Working Conditions
  • Added Company must give a 30-day notice if they cancel home dispatch
• Holidays
  • Added MLK
• Vacations
  • Added Guaranteed Personal Time off.  Employees can use either vacation or personal days
• Job Vacancy
  • Reduce Time in Title requirements to 24 months for all titles
• Temporary Work in Higher Positions
  • Increased Relief Differential to $12
• Travel
  • Increased per diem to $42
• Force Adjustment
  • Added Voluntary Resignation allowing employees to resign and receive a layoff allowance in order to alleviate the surplus
• Subcontracting
  • Added language to Subcontracting article stating that while the Company can hire contractors “…provided that it will not currently and directly cause layoffs of Regular Employees covered by this Agreement.”
• Bulletin Boards
  • Added language defining location and options for bulletin boards
• Added No Strike No Lockout article
• Letters and MOA
  • Added $175 Work Boot Allowance MOA for Service Technicians and Warehouse Assistants starting in 2026
  • Added HSA eligibility letter for high deductibles plans, Options 2 and 3
  • Added a Tuition Aid letter allowing employees to participate in the DirecTV Tuition Aid
  • Added a Nanodegree letter allowing employees to be eligible for tuition reimbursement for approved nanodegree (i.e. nanodegree a certified online program that teaches specialized skills in a short amount of time, typically job relevant skills that help advance your careers.)
  • Added a Work Apparel letter allowing Service Technicians to continue to wear shorts
  • Added Electronic Dues Authorization MOA and Dues Deductions and CWA-COPE Deductions MOA
  • Added Scheduling MOA for consecutive days off
  • Added 4x10 MOA that provides guidelines for 4x10 shifts
  • Added the Working Relations Committee MOA
  • Retained Neutrality and Card Check Recognition
  • Added Successorship MOA

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