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Today was Health Care Action Day, and activities took place all over the country. Even at the Bargaining Table, the bargainers wore surgical masks and bandages, displayed their medications, and filled the room with a clear message that AT&T should NOT be shifting health care costs to our members.

The Union and the Company are still moving in opposite directions. The Union passed several proposals to move titles in Articles 45, 46, and one in 36 INTO Article 41 to give those workers some of the better language in that Article.

We can’t say today that the Company doesn’t keep its promises. Just as they promised yesterday, today they proposed the same ridiculous retrogressions they put out yesterday, but this time for Articles 32, 33, 37, and 41:

This weekend we turned our clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time. What AT&T did with the demands they put across the table today was to try to turn the clocks BACKWARD to Corporate Savings Time.

Did you ever notice that when you are on the job and need a day off, put in a wage adjustment, check the overtime list, or just need some administrative assistance, there is no management to be found?