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2025 DirecTV Southwest Bargaining Summary
Substantial 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 current $154 in 2025 to
$118 in 2026 - Option 1 Family Premium reduced by 20.57% from current $418 in 2025 to $332
in 2026 - 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 Option 3 – low premium, high deductible option
- Added Hearing Aid benefits
- Added maintenance drugs under the Rx program
- Job Titles
- Premise Technicians changed to Service Technicians
- Added Administrative Support Assistant (WFH) and Office Coordinator (WFH)
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- Company will print 300 copies of the contract
- Changed the classification of Part Time employees to “…work more than 17 by no more than 32 hours per week…”
- Basis of Compensation
- Double time after 54 hours
- Assigned 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
- Added Guaranteed Personal Time off. Employees can use either vacation or
- 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
- Added Voluntary Resignation allowing employees to resign and receive a layoff
- 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
- No Strike No Lockout article
- Letters and MOA
- 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 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 $175 Work Boot Allowance MOA for Service Technicians and Warehouse Assistants starting in 2026
- Added the Working Relations Committee MOA
- Retained Neutrality and Card Check Recognition
- Added Successorship MOA
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