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AT&T Must Reject Elliott Management’s Outdated Corporate Raider Strategy that Destroys Jobs and Long-Term Value
Press Release
This week, Elliott Management announced its plan to extract profits from AT&T by eliminating jobs and sending work to low-wage contractors, further enriching its billionaire founder and CEO Paul Singer. Adoption of these proposals will harm AT&T’s workers, customers and long-term investors, and the Communications Workers of America is firmly opposed to this strategy.
CWAers Build Global Solidarity to Lift Working Conditions for Everyone
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September 5, 2019
As AT&T and other companies have cut thousands of U.S. customer service jobs, they continue to offshore work and rely on overseas contractors like Alorica.
UPDATED: CWA Members Return to Work as Negotiators Strike New Deal with AT&T Southeast
Press Release
Negotiators for the Communications Workers of America have reached a “handshake deal” with AT&T Southeast on a new collective bargaining agreement for more than 20,000 AT&T employees in nine states. CWA members returned to work at 1 p.m. EDT today after company representatives with authority to bargain came to the table on Monday.
American, Filipino AT&T Call Center Workers Meet in Manila, Demonstrate Global Solidarity Between Unions
Press Release
A delegation of AT&T call center workers who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union met with leaders from the Unified Employees of Alorica (UEA) in Manila Friday in a show of solidarity.
Workers at AT&T Southeast to Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
Press Release
Communications Workers of America members at AT&T Southeast plan to go on strike at midnight over unfair labor practices committed by management during negotiations for a new contract.