CWA/AT&T SW Bargaining Report #9

The Union Bargaining team met with the Company today passing additional proposals to extend the following MOA’s: Part-Time Employees Agreement, Change is CST eligibility (asking to remove attendance & performance as a factor to displace a Prem Tech), Successorship MOA, 2 Hour Committee MOA, Hometown Security, and Retired Presidents or Designee for Strategic Alliance Agreement.

The Company passed the following proposals: Keeping Article 15.2 Temp Work in Higher Positions the same, Article X - Excused Work Days (TA’d), Informal Surplus MOA extension, and the Employment Security Commitment (ESC) extension. Under the General Application the following: Article 1 Recognition and Establishment of the Unit (TA’d), Article III Unusual Grievances (TA’d), Article VIII Responsible Union-Company Relationship (TA’d), and Article IX Nondiscrimination (TA’d).

This was our most productive day so far in the sense we agreed to five TA’s. However, we have a lot of open proposals to which we have not received a response. 

Tomorrow will be two weeks that we have been at the table with AT&T. So far the Company has not done anything to address our concerns around job security. It’s been raised numerous times so far with the Company that we are fully aware of their plan to eliminate wire centers, and we need stronger language around scope of work in regards to broadband and fiber! 

We are scheduled to meet with the Company tomorrow and will follow up with a new bargaining report afterwards.

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In Solidarity,

CWA/AT&T SW Bargaining Team

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