AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #23 and Strike Vote

The bargainers met today and exchanged some proposals. The Company passed a response to our request to put into the contract that the Company must allow people to see their personnel records within 30 days. They made a small amount of movement on the existing language.

The Union presented another proposal to try to bring some relief to members in the Cash Balance Pension plan whose pensions will be significantly lower than those retiring under the Traditional Pension Plan. The Company immediately responded that many companies are freezing pensions or getting out of defined pension plans completely. VP Maly insisted this is a huge issue for us as our members under the CBA reach retirement eligibility. Our members should not have to pay for bad investment decisions by pension fund managers or the stock market fluctuations that plague our 401Ks.

We also presented a second proposal in response to the Company’s rejection of our demand to bring some fairness to the way the Company treats workers who cannot get to work during emergency situations. 

THE STRIKE VOTE HAS BEEN COUNTED. AN AVERAGE OF 93.5% ACROSS ALL FOUR CONTRACTS VOTED IN FAVOR OF GIVING THE CWA EXECUTIVE BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO CALL A STRIKE AGAINST AT&T. In the Legacy T unit, 93% approved it. Every one of you that voted YES understood how important this vote is to give your bargaining teams the power they need to keep pushing for our interests at the bargaining table. We hope the Company clearly understands that we have the support of our members.