Bargaining Update

Negotiations Begin for AT&T Mobility ‘Purple' Contract

Bargaining opened this week covering 11,000 AT&T Mobility workers in CWA District 6 who are covered by the "purple" contract.

CWA wireless techs and CWAers at Mobility call centers and retail stores nationwide showed their solidarity with the District 6 "Take a Stand" message by standing up for two minutes at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. CWA represents 45,000 Mobility workers nationwide.

In District 6, Mobility members are mobilizing and making sure that every worker is getting the union message.

Keep up with the latest at http://district6.cwa-union.org/

District 6's Mobility bargaining team is getting it done. From left to right: CWA District 6 Vice President Claude Cummings; Assistant to the Vice President Sylvia Ramos; Bargaining Committee Chair Mike Neumann, District 6; John Ritchie, CWA Local 6200 (Call Center); Kandi Skinner, CWA Local 6316, (Retail); Mike Gemelli, CWA Local 6016, (Call Center); and CWA Staff Representative Jason Vellmer, committee co-chair.

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CWA District 3 Reaches TA at YP Holding

The YP bargaining committee, from left to right: Gary Lawrence, M.M. Smith, J.R Rhoades, and Tony Maronski.

CWA District 3 reached a tentative three-year agreement covering 238 workers at YP Holdings.

Among other gains, the tentative contract provides for a fairer, updated compensation plan that allows for members to be rewarded for their efforts.

At the start of bargaining, District 3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt called on YP, "the largest yellow pages in the world, to do the right thing and take care of our members, the ones who are the face of this company and the ones that drive the revenue."

The contract was presented to members for a ratification vote.