AT&T LEGACY T BARGAINING REPORT #19

Today the Bargaining Team met with the Company.

The Company passed proposals to carry forward with no changes:

• Telecommuting
• Recall Forward
• CVS – Caremark
• Leverage Title
• Service Anniversary
• Work & Family Programs
• Union Management Relationships - Union Representation (page 321)
• (W) Special Leave Program
• (BB) Term Employees
• (KK) Drug Testing
• (LL) Retirement – Related Benefit Eligibility
• (b) Agency Temporaries
• (d) Compensatory  Time (List A & List B)
• (i) Evening Meal Allowance and Expenses (List A & List B)
• (j) Extended Vacations (List A & List B)
• (u) Scheduling (List A & List B)
• The Company also passed proposal to clean up language in ATS

The Company rejected the Union proposals on the following:

• Appendix 2 – Increase Special City Allowance
• Appendix 2 – Include Greenwood Village in Special City Allowance
• Employment Security – CWA
• Alliance Funding
• USVI – Certification Payment Program
• Duration of Contract
• Article 43.15 adding certification pay for Operations Specialist

The Company passed proposals to eliminate:

• Staffing System Enhancements (ATS)
• Electronic Monitoring Trial
• MOA – Single, One-Time Pension contribution Eligible Employees
• Building Construction
• (S) Pension Asset Transfer (Formerly N)
• (V) Special Social Security Supplement (Formerly M)
• (dd) Article 39 Termination Pay
• (kk) Hawaii Information Transfer (HITS) (1) HITS Employee Holidays
• (kk) (HITS) (2) Service Attendant – HITS Work Scheduling

The most revolting of their proposals was to wipe out all the language and eliminate the process on:

• Job Security (JOG)
• (vv) The Barnes Agreement (pg 361)

The Bargaining Team passed proposals on the following:

• Article 19 Pension
• Article 23 – Holidays add Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday to observed holidays
• Job Security (JOG)
• Article 43 – Network 1 Titles add DTV titles
• Article 36 – Support add DTV titles

The Union TA’d Article 22 – Vacations

The Union rejected the following company proposals:

• Article 23 – Holidays
• Job Security (JOG)

Remember, the Company’s net profit in 2017 was $29.3 billion. That equates to $80,273,972 a day, including holidays (that’s like you winning the Powerball every day of the year).

We will continue to work towards a fair and just contract for all.

In Unity,

Your Bargaining Committee

Ken Saether
Mary Ellen Mazzeo
Roy Hegenbart
LaNell Piercy
Mike Lewis
Cindy Neumeyer

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