AT&T Southeast Bargaining Report #30

April 5, 2009

Sunday, April 4, 2009 12:05 a.m.

To:       Officers, Members and Staff – CWA District 3

For the past 40 days we must all applaud the efforts of our Bargaining Team as they have struggled to obtain a fair and equitable contract for you, the members.

 

As early bargaining comes to an end, we realize that AT&T has no interest in being fair or just to the members and retirees who built this company.

 

Every proposal they submitted was retrogressive, with cost shifting on health care their number one objective.

 

The AT&T Southeast bargaining was suspended at midnight tonight with the understanding that we will reconvene on July 19, 2009 and drive toward a settlement on August 8, 2009.

 

However, we must all remember that our brothers and sisters across the country may have a work stoppage at any time.  We must now show our support for those in District 3 and across the Nation who are being told at the Bargaining Tables by AT&T “unless you are willing to talk about our health care proposals (give backs and cost shifting) we (AT&T) are not willing to discuss any of CWA’s”.

 

AT&T is trying to hold us hostage, and I don’t believe any of you are willing to turn your backs on these insults. 

 

We will mobilize our members like no company has ever seen, and when we all reach a fair and just settlement AT&T will know

 

CWA is

 

ONE UNION

ONE FIGHT

ONE FUTURE

 

When one CWA member bleeds, we all bleed.

 

In Unity,

Beverly A. Hicks

Vice President

CWA District 3

 

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