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The Utility Operations Bargaining Committee would like to thank all of the members, Locals, Staff and guests who participated in the rally August 15, and all of those who were not able to make the trip to Atlanta but conducted their own mobilization at home.

After our latest meetings with the Company, there are still many unresolved issues.

The Company is in the process of research and cost analysis for some of the counter proposals we provided them, and we are in subject to call status for our next bargaining session.

Today the Bargaining Team met with the Company.

Your Bargaining Team did meet with the Company on Aug 8th, but has not been back to the table today. The union passed more proposals to the company dealing with safety, benefits, wages, and surplus issues. We also continued to have discussions around the one-person bore issue. The company rejected several of the union proposals, with no counters or new proposals.

Your Bargaining Team met with the Company on Friday Aug 7th and passed additional proposals regarding Safety and force adjustment improvements.

The CWA Utility Operations Bargaining Team did not meet with the Company today, but did caucus to prepare for our final days before expiration of the contract.

Today we met with the Company and passed a counter proposal regarding their uniform and boot allowance proposal. There was much discussion around the need for a more generous Company contribution to both and we presented the results of our research to support our position.

The bargaining team met at the Utility Operations table today and passed a proposal to expand the definition of time worked. We then had discussion around the other proposals on the table, and once again were disappointed the Company?s comments were centered on flexible work rules and costs of adding improvements to the contract.

The Bargaining Committee met with the Company and passed additional proposals regarding layoff and termination allowances in Article 6 and Article 3. We also passed a proposal to include the Panel process in the contract and had much discussion around the current issues with the grievance process.

Your Utility Operations CWA Bargaining Team met with the Company for the second time. The Company rejected the Union?s proposal to bring Utility Operations into the core contract.

Your Utility Operations CWA Bargaining Team met with the Company today for the first time. In our opening remarks we noted this agreement will reach its 25th anniversary by the expiration date and the bargaining unit has been a profitable one for AT&T.

Meet the 2015 CWA Utility Operations Bargaining Team

Your bargaining team continues to make preparations for our meetings with the Company. We are researching previous contract negotiations for Utility Operations and continue to look for potential improvements to this contract.

The Utility Operations Bargaining Committee met yesterday and today to review the bargaining suggestions submitted by our members. We also submitted data requests to the Company and are waiting for their response.