CWA Reaches Tentative Agreement at AT&T Midwest

Members of CWA Locals 6300 and 4217 and IBEWers leaflet outside Major League Baseball's All-Star game in St. Louis.

CWA District 4 and AT&T have reached a tentative three-year agreement covering nearly 20,000 members at AT&T Midwest. 

The proposed agreement includes pay and pension band increases in each contract year and addresses cost of living adjustments. Changes to the health care plan increase some of out-of-pocket costs, but new company-funded health care initiatives and wage increases will result in overall improvement to members' standard of living by thousands of dollars each year, the District 4 bargaining committee said.

The tentative settlement includes new job transfer opportunities and other employment security gains, and expands earnings and job opportunities for some sales workers and premises technicians, who install AT&T services at customers' homes.

CWA District 4 Vice President Seth Rosen said, "During these very tough times in the Midwest, middle-class workers can use some good news.  I am pleased to have reached an agreement that achieves our key goals."

Now, the fight continues at AT&T East, AT&T Southwest, AT&T West, AT&T Legacy T and other AT&T units where negotiations are continuing, and at AT&T Southeast where bargaining resumes July 20, said CWA President Larry Cohen.

"We will stand one day longer, until we get the quality agreements all of our members deserve and we're determined to maintain members' standard of living and quality health care," he said.

The details of the District 4 tentative settlement are available at http://district4.cwa-union.org/bargaining. Ratification materials and information will go out to District 4 members shortly.