Negotiations
Mobility Negotiations to Resume! AT&T Mobility Campaign Update | February 23, 2009 | Good news! Contract negotiations with Mobility will resume later this week. (We’ll notify you when we know which day.) There’s only one reason for this turn of events: Mobilization By mobilizing, you’ve shown the Company that Mobility workers are going to fight [...]
Message from Bill Bates
An Open Letter to Mobility Orange Employees from Bill Bates, CWA Bargaining Committee Chair In bargaining with AT&T Mobility, CWA has repeatedly said that it’s important to look at all the elements that go into a contract. Economic issues are important and CWA definitely is pressing for economic improvements that will benefit Mobility workers and [...]
Cooling Off Period
The company stated the union walked away from the negotiations table, the reality is: it became crystal clear to the Union that the company did not come to the table with the intent to try to reach resolution during on our remaining issues during the 24-hour extension, and refused a 30-day contract extension; the union [...]
Last and Final Offer
AT&T Mobility Campaign Update Friday, Feb. 13 Most of you have seen the “highlight document” that was posted by management about its final offer at the bargaining table late Saturday night. We have provided additional information/analysis about the company’s outline on wage increases and job classifications; those updates were distributed earlier this week. Go to [...]
Wal-Mart to Destroy Yet More American IT Jobs
As if there aren’t already enough reasons to hate Wal-Mart, such as their shady business practices, their anti-union stance, their contribution to the trade deficit, and their recent lame TV commercials, Wal-Mart is considering outsourcing their IT department. With the current financial crisis causing Americans to lose their jobs and spend less at retailers, such as Wal-Mart, [...]
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Bargaining update for Feb 11
Afternoon Campaign Update | February 11, 2009 | Let’s continue to look at the company’s offer (see http://www.cwa-union.org/att/mobility/ for the complete comparison.) One of CWA’s main objectives during this round of negotiations was to provide additional career path opportunities for many employees, especially those who work in the Care Centers. AT&T’s document indicates that it proposed [...]
Valentines Day
It’s almost Valentine’s Day and CWA members will be sending a valentine card to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. Members are signing on to a petition that calls on the company to “quit breakin’ our hearts” and negotiate the fair and just contract that we deserve. Sign the petition at http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/att_mob_vday Even in these bad economic [...]
Bargaining update
Afternoon Announcement This past Sunday, AT&T Mobility posted some specifics about its contract offer. You know the saying, “the devil is in the details.” Well that’s absolutely true in this case. For example, AT&T Mobility claims that the average customer service representative would receive a pay increase of 40.5 percent over the life of the [...]
Cooling Off Period
AT&T Mobility Contract Campaign Update February 9, 2009 1. CWA and AT&T Mobility have agreed to a “cooling off” period. That means no talks are currently scheduled, but it also means that the CWA bargaining team and everyone else in CWA will continue to work on ways to move forward on the issues that are [...]
They [AT&T Management] have a lot of nerve!
Feb. 9, 2009 12:00 AM They have a lot of nerve! AT&T management says the CWA walked away from the table. That’s another management lie. Read the bargaining reports – 20 of them. Read how over and over again AT&T management has refused to listen to our arguments to deal with the issues that YOU [...]
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