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CWA Reaches Tentative Settlement with AT&T
Following intense and lengthy bargaining, CWA reached a tentative agreement with AT&T covering 11,000 workers.
The tentative contract has an expiration date of Apr. 4, 2009. It provides for a compounded wage increase of 11.2 percent over the contract term, improves pension benefits for active workers and makes real improvements in job security, a key bargaining issue for workers.
The settlement maintains employer paid health care premiums for active and retired members over the life of the agreement. Beginning in 2007, there will be increases and changes in some deductibles and out of pocket costs.
Ralph Maly, CWA's Vice President for Communications and Technologies, called the settlement "fair and equitable" and said union workers at AT&T "are looking forward to working with the new AT&T."
A contract explanation meeting with local union presidents is scheduled for Dec. 17. A full bargaining report will be mailed to each member with ratification materials to return before the Jan. 18 deadline. The IBEW, which represents about 900 AT&T workers, also reached a tentative settlement.
The tentative contract has an expiration date of Apr. 4, 2009. It provides for a compounded wage increase of 11.2 percent over the contract term, improves pension benefits for active workers and makes real improvements in job security, a key bargaining issue for workers.
The settlement maintains employer paid health care premiums for active and retired members over the life of the agreement. Beginning in 2007, there will be increases and changes in some deductibles and out of pocket costs.
Ralph Maly, CWA's Vice President for Communications and Technologies, called the settlement "fair and equitable" and said union workers at AT&T "are looking forward to working with the new AT&T."
A contract explanation meeting with local union presidents is scheduled for Dec. 17. A full bargaining report will be mailed to each member with ratification materials to return before the Jan. 18 deadline. The IBEW, which represents about 900 AT&T workers, also reached a tentative settlement.