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Today, your bargaining teams continued drafting proposals and preparing to start meeting with the company. Thank you to all the members who participated in the town hall conference call last night. Remember, bargaining starts Monday. Mobilize! Mobilize! Mobilize!

Today, your Bargaining Teams drafted proposals on job security, increasing wages, improving benefits and working conditions; providing a better quality of life for our members. We are diligently working to prepare proposals addressing all of the issues submitted by the membership. Remember, bargaining starts Monday, June 24th. Show the company your displeasure with the current surplus of 911 of our brothers and sisters by continuing to mobilize and show our solidarity. $20.19 and roll!

Today your bargaining team continued to caucus and write up proposals on wire tech issues, consumer issues, and preparing to meet with the company on June 24. Make sure to check with your local for actions planned on Monday June 24 to show solidarity. Remember to fuel up with $20.19 and $9.11 to remember our brothers and sisters declared surplus.

On Thursday 06/20/2019 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern / 6:00 P.M. Central, the CWA District 3 Office will be hosting a town hall conference call with CWA members across District 3 to provide an update on contract negotiations with AT&T and our mobilization efforts across the District. We will also be taking questions directly from CWA members.

Today the BST, Utility Operations, and Billing committees, along with the Wire Tech and Consumer subcommittees, met and started putting together proposals based on the suggestions sent in to the Bargaining Task force meeting. We want to thank everyone that sent in a suggestion and those that participated in sorting and prioritizing them. If you are upset with the recent surplus announcement of 911 of our brothers and sisters, then show your support for the bargaining teams.

Last week we held a successful conference call with the membership to discuss further the reality of the “final offer” from AT&T. Many thanks for the hundreds of members that joined! Over the last few days, we have exchange communications with the Company to address many of the concerns of our membership. We have made clear to AT&T the Union's willingness to continue to bargain and find solutions in innovative and creative ways.

To further understand and discuss the Company’s “final offer” your CWA Bargaining Team, will host a town hall call with all AT&T Mobility Bargaining Unit Members. The purpose of the call is to update you on the current status of the bargaining process, NLRB charges, mobilization and to answer any questions.

The parties continued having productive meetings and dialogues on the main issues that remain on the table. But we are still extremely far on main issues such as job security, wages and benefits. We have made it crystal clear to the Company that Job Security is the top issue and we would not settle any contract if we do not ensure better protections for our future.

By now you have seen the company’s latest very public “final offer.” While at face value the company’s final offer may seem reasonable to some there are many, many things that are there to mislead you and divide us. The Company knows the solidarity of the members in Puerto Rico, they know we deserve much more, but they are not willing to bargain fairly with your Union.

Today the parties continued having productive meetings on the main issues that remain on the table. We have had some advancements in several topics but wages, health care and most importantly Job Security remain open and are the key items.
Thanks your mobilization efforts, the gap is closing and some progress has been made. Please continue to mobilize and let’s keep telling AT&T that we want a fair contract. We want to have a fair un