Turning Up the Heat at AT&T

CWAers from eight locals in District 9 remind the public that AT&T wants "to take the shirts of our backs." The clothesline of 100 t-shirts was strung outside AT&T's California headquarters.

Mobilization rolls on at AT&T locations nationwide, as CWAers keep up the fight for fair contracts.  

EVP Rodney Jones from Decatur, Alabama, is spreading this word to District 3 members:

"Our bargaining team is working hard to win a fair and just contract but they cannot do it without support from everyone. Some of you may think someone else will do it, and you won't have to worry about it. You are that someone else. This bargaining is the most difficult bargaining that we've seen in years. So if you are not fired up yet, we urge you to shift gears and get FIRED UP!"

In District 9, members from eight locals – 9400, 9408, 9410, 9412, 9415, 9417 and 9432 – strung up a 900-foot-long clothesline of more than 100 t-shirts outside the company's California corporate headquarters and told AT&T: "Go ahead and take the shirts off our backs." CWAers are fighting for fair contracts at AT&T that "let us take care of our families."  

CWAers from Louisiana locals demonstrate for a fair AT&T contract outside the state capitol. Below, a  Local 3704 member reminds AT&T that "cutting health care is a sick idea."

Back in D3, Local 3704 members in Hanahan, S.C., held a health care action day to remind AT&T that "cutting health care is a sick idea." Retirees and supporters from Locals 3204, 3205, 3250 and 3950 picketed outside AT&T's Conyers, Georgia, location. In Duluth, Georgia, activists are planning a big turnout at an AT&T-sponsored "American Idol" concert.

Members from all nine Louisiana CWA locals, plus retirees and others, rallied outside the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for a fair contract.

Negotiations are continuing for contracts covering 100,000 CWA-represented workers. They include East and Yellow Pages, (District 1), Southeast and Advertising Solutions, (District 3), West (CWA District 9), Southwest (District 6) and Legacy T (CWA ComTech unit). CWA District 4 has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Midwest, covering 20,000 workers.