CWA District 9 Members Ratify AT&T West Contract

CWA members at AT&T West overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year agreement at the company by a 3-to-1 margin. The settlement, reached Aug. 9, covers 22,000 CWA-represented workers in California, Nevada and Hawaii.

The agreement achieved members' key goals going into bargaining – maintaining workers' standard of living, safeguarding quality health care for workers and retirees, and enhancing employment security.

The contract will increase pay by about 9 percent over the term, including cost of living adjustments, and provide pension band increases of 2 percent in each year of the agreement, also with cost of living adjustments. Improvements for Prem Techs include wage increases, employment security gains and new work-rule protections.

The health care plan provides for fully-funded preventive care and company-funded health reimbursement accounts that can be used toward any eligible health care expense. The agreement also includes new transfer rights for workers and provides additional employment security improvements.