Bargaining Update

Tentative Contract at AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico

Verizon Wireless workers in Everett, Mass., members of CWA Local 1400, show their support for AT&T Mobility bargaining.

After weeks of tough bargaining, the CWA Mobility bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico. CWAers across the country showed their solidarity with AT&T Mobility members of CWA Local 3010 in photos and tweets that said ¡Si Se Puede! — Yes We Can!

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AT&T Bargaining Begins

Negotiations got underway today with AT&T Midwest, covering 13,000 CWAers in District 4, and with AT&T Legacy, covering 4,800 workers in Telecommunications and Technologies. Contracts expire on Apr. 11. Keep up with the latest at www.cwaatatt.com.

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NY Guild, El Diario Reach Tentative Agreement

The New York Guild, TNG-CWA Local 31003, and El Diario/ImpreMedia reached a tentative agreement Monday night to settle pending unfair labor charges before the National Labor Relations Board and to extend the current Guild contract with the company by two years.

El Diario workers, members of TNG-CWA Local 31003, and supporters rally for a fair contract.

“I'm pleased that we finally have an agreement that will provide benefits and protections to Guild members at El Diario as well as a measure of justice to the people who lost their jobs last year,” said New York Guild President Bill O'Meara.

The agreement didn't have any givebacks. It provides significant financial settlements to seven Guild members, who were terminated in violation of the contract in June 2014, in lieu of the right to return to work. It gives Guild representation to nine digital journalism jobs, which were previously wrongfully excluded from the contract. The contract extension also includes wage increases and a ban on layoffs through the end of this year.

Pending approval from the NLRB, the agreement will be presented to Guild members for a ratification vote on Monday.

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