AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #22

Legacy T Bargaining Report #22

Most of our discussions with the Company were spent arguing over benefits.  The Company wants us to pay the same share of the healthcare costs as managers do (which is higher than us). We argue that most managers make a lot more than the bargaining unit people do.  We are fighting for fairness and we know, looking at the percentage of salaries spent on benefits, we are already paying a bigger percentage than they are.

With less than a week to go before expiration, it is time for AT&T to take a hard look at what they are proposing and make some real movement toward fairness.  The pension freeze, the 401K for new hires, the cut in disability weeks, the decrease in paid sick days… all of those are still on the table.

This is the time to really turn up the heat.  MOBILIZE. MOBILIZE. MOBILIZE.

Your Bargaining Team,

Bill Bates

Laura Unger                                     

Lois Grimes-Patow                                                  

Martha Flagge

Mary Ellen Mazzeo

LaNell Piercy

Roy Hegenbart

Cindy Neumeyer