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Our Bargaining committee made several proposals yesterday on Quota Relief, Flexible EW days, vacations and holidays that had been submitted by Legacy T members. That was followed by what turned into a 2 day presentation of the Company proposals on Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision, Care Plus- A Supplemental Program, Consolidated Long Term Care, and Health Care Reimbursement. It was even worse than we had predicted after their presentation on March 1st. Their claims of fairness and their commitment to good, middle class jobs is as false as we expected it to be.

Many years ago in bargaining, during a Company presentation, a CWA bargainer checked his face in a mirror. He then announced, ?I was just checking to see if I had STUPID written across my forehead.?

CWA bargaining teams began separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest, AT&T West, AT&T Legacy and AT&T East on Feb. 29.

??AT&T is a very successful and profitable company. We believe that AT&T has a responsibility to help America by being a leader for economic growth, continuing to provide good middle-class jobs...

AT&T Premise Technician Andrel Reid has been on the job for just six months, but he will always remember his Feb. 1 visit to the Lansing, Mich., home of customer Christine Duffy. The Local 4034 member was dispatched to fix Duffy's U-verse service, but he ended up saving the life of Duffy's four-month old baby girl.