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Your bargaining team presented numerous proposals to the Company today, as we continue to address the issues presented by our members. We have now asked for specific improvements in working conditions, benefits, and wages. Included in those were proposals to address the surplus process for all employees. We know this is important, since the Company has declared over 1,000 of our members surplus since the beginning of the year.

The Union and Company exchanged additional proposals today. We have presented proposals on lowering the amount of forced overtime, higher pay when working in other cities, an improved surplus process, and more flexibility in bargained time off. This highly profitable company advised us that they have no appetite to absorb any additional costs generated by some of our proposals. They even went as far as offering many retrogressive proposals, intended to strip many of your current benefits and wo

Today, CWA District 3 and AT&T Southeast officially opened 2019 contract negotiations. We are bargaining three different southeast labor contracts simultaneously, which cover over 22,000 employee's from BellSouth Telecommunications, Utility Operations, and BellSouth Billing Inc. Members across District 3 participated in numerous actions of solidarity across the District, through informational pickets and public displays of support for our bargaining teams.

The Union and the Company met again this afternoon. The Union presented proposals that included improving the options available to surplus employees; adding additional specified holidays; having core language apply to employees covered by an addendum; and improvements in language regarding employees transferred to another place of reporting.

Over the past weekend, your bargaining teams finalized numerous proposals to present to the Company. Negotiations officially opened today with statements from both the Company and the Union. The Company stressed the need to be flexible, considering many of its competitors are non-union employers. D3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt pointed out three important principles to the Company – responsibility, respect, and loyalty.

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.

Allianc Closure Announcement

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

Georgia became the first state in CWA to have a state specific town hall call for our CWA members.  With District 3 involved with around a 100 different contracts we must get our membership helping us politically if we want to compete at the bargaining tables.  The companies we bargain with spend millions of dollars lobbying our elected officials to pass legislation that strengthens them, while slowly stripping away the workers power to have a true voice.

Today, your Bargaining Team and the Company did not formally meet but held informal meetings with the intention of closing the gap that still exists between the two sides. Your Union continues to demonstrate its willingness to reach an agreement that meets the needs and concerns of great importance for our membership. We are focused on good salaries, fair benefits and especially JOB SECURITY.

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company yesterday. Your Union opened this new session with a brand-new opening statement calling for the Company to get serious about bargaining. We explained that there is an enormous amount of data outstanding but with good faith, creativity and with the real intention of securing a contract, we could get this done.

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company today May 30th. The Union asked several questions regarding the Company’s proposed package of May 29th and engaged in a productive discussion over job security. The Company after reading our last bargaining report, clarified for the record that they are still committed into securing an agreement and will consider any proposal to address job security for our members.

Your CWA Bargaining Committee flew to Dallas yesterday to meet today and prepare for bargaining. While we did not meet with the Company today, the Bargaining Team spent the day analyzing the data received and formulating new proposals, with the little answers we have received from AT&T. We are still wondering, what is AT&T hiding? Why are they not providing the much-needed data that will aid your Union in formulating proposals?

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.

During the past few days, your CWA Bargaining Committee has been working analyzing the last pieces of information that we received from the Company. There is still a lot of outstanding information that the Company stills owes the Union that might jeopardize our chances to secure an agreement. If AT&T is really serious on getting a fair contract, why have they not provided all the requested information? What are they hiding?