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Your CWA Bargaining Team and the Company continue to talk with the hopes to achieve the collective bargain agreement that we all deserve and expect. The dialogue has been productive, but we are still too far away to reach a Tentative Agreement.

On Thursday February 28, 2019, both parties failed to reach an agreement and the gap between the parties was substantial. Although AT&T claimed that they felt we were "close to an agreement" reality and the evidence is different.To put this in a context that we can all understand, the Puerto Rico Green Collective Bargain Agreement includes 25 Articles; 8 Letters of Agreement that are inside of the contract; 8 Letters of Agreement that are outside of the Contract and the Benefit Plan for years

As you know, since February 6, 2019, CWA and AT&T have been meeting almost on a daily basis, with the intent “to bargain for a fair and equitable contract that will allow the company to make a profit but offers protection for our members that will allow them to take care of their families.”*  CWA’s main goal on this bargaining cycle are benefits, job security and equal treatment. 

The Company is working on supplying the Union with important benefits information and clarifications that the Union needs to continue working on proposals.  We are on-call and tentatively scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon. 

Today, both parties decided not to have a formal bargaining session, but rather to have extensive informal meetings and discussions with the intention of closing the gap that still exists between both the Union and the Company.  We will resume talks tomorrow and are tentatively scheduled to meet in the afternoon. 

The Union rejected the Company’s Proposal Package that continues to be a mockery to our members, who deserve greater respect from the Company who insists on presenting us with an insolent and anachronistic proposal that only try to snatch the benefits away from our membership.

The Union presented a proposal for a  New Letter of Agreement to handle Subcontracting issues thru a specialized Subcontracting Committee.  In addition, the Union submitted a Second Comprehensive Package Proposal that was submitted and will cover most of the demands of our membership, and at the same time be able to maintain the benefits acquired during the struggles and efforts of our members. 

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company Representatives on Friday to continue discussions.  In the morning, the Union passed a Comprehensive Proposal Package to address all the members needs and concerns.  

Although we presented proposals and counter proposals to cover the demands of our membership and maintain the benefits acquired during the struggles and efforts of our members,  the Company rejected every one of our proposals and presented another outrageous, exasperating and derogatory package of proposals that still aims to snatch and degrade the benefits already protected by the previous agreements. Let's continue demonstrating to the Company that the LOCAL 3010 DOES NOT SURRENDER!

Our proposal aims to make justice to our members and follows the hundred of suggestions our members submitted.  We are hopeful that the Company will understand our concerns and that we can move forward on this new benefit package.  At the same time, the Company presented the most injurious, aggravating and offensive Package Proposal.  Part of that “package proposal”, aims to decrease our benefits including vacation, overtime and others

Although we continue to wait for an abundant amount of requested information, the Company has progressed slowly and has only provided some of that information, thanks to the GREAT MOBILIZATION that our members have made. The Union has proved our willingness to negotiate a contract on time and fair for our membership. 

Even as we continue to wait for information that we have requested from the Company and that is vital to represent adequately to our membership, we have proved our willingness to have an on time agreement that is fair for our members by submitting all our remaining proposals except a Benefits Proposal due to a lack of information from the Company that keeps dragging their feet. 

As of today, the Company has (18) open proposals in its possession and the Union waits for AT&T to answer them

The Company and your CWA Bargaining Team met today. The Union did not pass any new proposals as we continue to wait for information requested in advance by the Union to the Company. 

We appreciate all the support and the solidarity our members have shown!  Remember that the strike vote is still going on! Please contact your steward, mobilizer or local 3010 (787-282-0714) if you have any question regarding the much needed vote.  

The Company and your CWA Bargaining Team met today.  There were no proposals passed from the Union, as we await from the Company to provide much needed data and answers.

The Union is waiting on key Company responses to our requests for information that are necessary for the Union to evaluate the Company’s proposals and to work with other proposals for the Company.  We are scheduled to meet tomorrow, February 13.  So far the Union has presented 25 proposals addressing all the issues presented by our members in the surveys. 

Let the Company hear it clear and loud, there will be NO TAKE BACK.  We are Moving Forward Never Backwards, We are AT&T 2020! Pa’Lante Siempre!

Members carried pictures of their families and told the Company: “This is who we are bargaining for” telling AT&T that the effect of this process goes beyond the bargaining table to the members and their families.

Today, as we launch bargaining, the Union recognizes we are here to bargain for a fair and equitable contract that will allow the company to make a profit but offers protection for our members that will allow them to take care of their families.

We are pleased to say that CWA Local 3181 over the past year has signed up over 300 new members thanks to our crack team of outstanding organizers in Palm Beach County, St. Lucie County School District and the Village of Tequesta.

CWA Local 3181 has about 25 trained Internal Organizers spread throughout the 3 units we represent.  

On Thursday, December 6, 2018, the parties met and exchanged several counters. We bargained intensely, and the Company provided some data that we questioned. This bargaining has been made even more difficult by the fact that the Company has provided information and data that is inaccurate or incomplete. The Company apologized to CWA for the inadequate responses to our information requests. The Company rejected all 7 proposals that CWA made.

Bargaining Update for days: 12-3-2018 12-4-2018

The last two days have been pretty active with both sides making some movement on the smaller issues. Unfortunately, there has been little movement on the major sticking points like Term pay, Severance pay, Average pay, Vacation, Sick and PPT days.
We have submitted counter proposals and are waiting on the companies response.

There will be call this Wednesday 11/28/2018 at 7pm to briefly talk about this status of this round of CWA/DEX-YP bargaining. ONLY members will be permitted on the call.