2013 Bargaining Items
Posted: December 17, 2012 Filed under: News Leave a comment »At our monthly membership meetings, the membership requesting that Local 6203 make available on our website the list of bargaining items discussed at the 2013 Bargaining Caucus, which was held 12/3/2012 – 12/4/2012.
General Items
| G-1 | Return Successorship Clause | Critical |
| G-2 | Create MOA for MSOC | Non-Critical |
| G-3 | Significant Wage Increases | Critical |
| G-4 | Increase Sunday Differential | Non-Critical |
| G-5 | Scheduled Sunday tour taken as vacation day paid at time and one half | Non-Critical |
| G-6 | Remove Spelling Test Requirement for Job Offer Guarantee | Non-Critical |
| G-7 | Article IV — Basis of Compensation, Night Differential — Improve | Critical |
| G-8 | Improve Cost of Living Adjustment | Critical |
| G-9 | Improve Article VI — Hours of Work, Improve Language | Critical |
| G-10 | Improve Article VII — Work Schedules, Improve Language | Critical |
| G-11 | Article VIII — Holidays, Increase number of Holidays and other improvements | Critical |
| G-12 | Article IX — Vacations — Improve Article | Critical |
| G-13 | Increase Overtime Pay Treatment | Non-Critical |
| G-14 | Reduce Mandatory Overtime | Non-Critical |
| G-15 | Article X — Excused Work Days, Improve language | Critical |
| G-16 | Article XI — Absences from Duty Section 4 — Funerals — Improve language | Non-Critical |
| G-17 | Article XI — Absences from Duty, Improve Section 5 — Illness | Critical |
| G-18 | Article XII — Seniority — Improve Language | Non-Critical |
| G-19 | Article XIII — Job Vacancy — Improve Language | Critical |
| G-20 | Safety — Improve Language | Critical |
| G-21 | Article XVI — Travel — Improve Language | Critical |
| G-22 | Article XVII — Force Adjustment, Improve Language | Critical |
| G-23 | Remove Scorecards | Critical |
| G-24 | Article XVIII — Severence Payments, Improve Language | Critical |
| G-25 | Article XXV — Contract Work, Improve Language | Critical |
| G-26 | Article XXVII — Duration — Change | Non-Critical |
| G-27 | Remove CRIFT | Critical |
| G-28 | Article VI — Leaves of Absence for Union Representatives on Union Business — Section 3 — Increase Time | Critical |
| G-29 | Increase Saturday Pay | Non-Critical |
| G-30 | Work Restriction for Extreme Weather | Non-Critical |
| G-31 | Make overtime voluntary | Non-Critical |
| G-32 | Add language to guarantee off the Saturday before and the Sunday after a full week of vacation | Non-Critical |
| G-33 | Bargain concession on telephone service and other AT&T products | Non-Critical |
| G-34 | Bridging of service in any AT&T subsidiary for any AT&T service | Critical |
| G-35 | Improve Civic Duty leave | Non-Critical |
| G-36 | Add Mobility to the list of participating companies covered by Inter-subsidiary Movement Process | Critical |
| G-37 | Remove all discipline upon contract ratification | Non-Critical |
| G-38 | Extend Memoranda of Agreement, Memoranda of Understanding, Letters of Understanding, Letters of Agreement, Task Force Recommendations and any other Agreement between CWA and AT&T with the exception of Letter of Understanding on Temporary Employees, Memorandum of Agreement on Appendix I | Critical |
| G-39 | Increase Success Sharing Award | Critical |
| G-40 | Add Work Boot Allowance | Non-Critical |
| G-41 | Remove Merit Based award programs | Non-Critical |
| G-42 | Article VI — Hours of Work, Night Tour — Delete changes effective April 7, 2013 | Critical |
| G-43 | Return contracted out work to the Bargaining Unit | Critical |
Appendix A
| A-1 | Upgrade Fraud Spet SS-1 Appx A to Service Representative, Appx B | Non-Critical |
| A-2 | Upgrade Sr. Records Clerk SS-1 to SS-2 | Non-Critical |
Appendix B
| B-1 | Upgrade Leverage Service Reps to Service Reps | Critical |
| B-2 | Extend and modify the Service Representative Task Force and Reviews Committee Recommendations | Critical |
| B-3 | Extend the Communications Consultant Joint Leadership Forum Recoomendations | Critical |
| B-4 | Extend and Improve the Revenue Management Representative Working Group Recommendations | Critical |
| B-5 | Upgrade Retention Service Representatives to Communications Consultants | Non-Critical |
| B-6 | Vacation, Union time, etc. quota relief protection for Leverage Service Representatives | Critical |
| B-7 | Commission pay out protection for Leverage Service Representative | Critical |
| B-8 | Leverage Service Representative compensation pay will be evenly divided by the number of pay periods in the month which they are paid out | Critical |
| B-9 | Establish a Leverage Service Representative Task Force | Critical |
| B-10 | Remove Wireless Qualifier | Critical |
| B-11 | Leveraged Service Representative to have appointment book time | Critical |
| B-12 | CRIFT eliminated | Critical |
| B-13 | Leveraged Service Representative, no additional qualifiers for payouts to get full compensation | Critical |
Appendix C
| C-1 | Upgrade Facilities Spet | Non-Critical |
| C-2 | Upgrade Supplies Attendant | Critical |
| C-3 | Legacy T and Legacy S Communication Technicians pay to be equivalent including allowance | Critical |
| C-4 | Upgrade Technical Assistance Center Administrator | Non-Critical |
| C-5 | Protect existing Customer Service Technician work | Critical |
Appendix D
| D-1 | Upgrade Computer Attendant D to new title of Billing Machinist at the SS-2 pay band | Critical |
| D-2 | Extend the Operators Task Force Recommendations | Critical |
| D-3 | Appointment time for the new Billing Machinist | Non-Critical |
Appendix I
| I-1 | Improve language on monitoring | Critical |
| I-2 | Eliminate Appendix I, roll into Appendix B | Critical |
| I-3 | Upgrade Senior Consultant Title to Service Representative Title | Critical |
Appendix J
| J-1 | Move all of Appendix J into Appendix C | Critical |
| J-2 | Increase the wage scale for Appendix J | Critical |
| J-3 | Allow for double time after 49 hours | Critical |
| J-4 | remove all language that reads (in lieu of) | Critical |
| J-5 | Guarantee a 40 hour work week | Critical |
| J-6 | Improve all overtime language | Critical |
| J-7 | Implement strict seniority work schedule | Critical |
| J-8 | Implement strict seniority loans | Critical |
| J-9 | Implement the 9 & 12 hour rule | Critcal |
| J-10 | Reduce the overtime limit to 12 hours from 20 hours | Critical |
| J-11 | Change time and title from 30 months to 12 months | Non-Critical |
| J-12 | Eliminate the use of the (term employee) to become a regular employee in Appendix J | Critical |
| All Prem Techs to be included under the Force Adjustment Article, the Severance Payment Article, and JOG | Critical | |
| J-14 | All work being done in a higher title to be paid at the prevailing wage | Non-Critical | J-15 | 2 weeks advance notice of an Out of Town assignment | Critical |
| J-16 | Restrict all Out of Town Assignments and forced Overnight assignments for expectant parents to protect 2 months prior to due date and 2 months after day of birth | Non-Critical |
| J-17 | All forced Out of Town assignments to be canvassed at 3 to 6 week intervals | Non-Critical |
| J-18 | All forced Out of Town assignments will be afforded an equal length of time at regular place of reporting | Non-Critical |
| J-19 | All forced Out of Town assignment will be afforded the option of friday prior and/or Monday after to be scheduled off | Non-Critical |
| J-20 | All forced Out of Town assignments will be paid at one and one half their base wages for all hours worked | Non-Critical |
| J-21 | All forced Out of Town assignments to include a refrigerator, microwave, and cooktop in each room | Non-Critical |
| J-22 | All forced Out of Town assignments will include all luggage fees to be paid in advance | Non-Critical |
| J-23 | Employees will have the option of 2 days off prior and 2 days off after returning from all forced Out of Town assignments | Non-Critical |
| J-24 | 2 hour notification of the requirement of forced overtime | Critical |
| J-25 | Core night differential for Prem Techs | Critical |
| J-26 | 96 hour notice to change the work schedule and if not given, to receive 4 hours pay | Critical |
| J-27 | All excused time will apply towards time worked and included to apply towards overtime | Critical |
| J-28 | Allow for 1 week of vacation buy back at the employees option | Non-Critical |
| J-29 | Negotiate all sick days | Non-Critical |
| J-30 | Negotiate all appearance guidelines to include Union apparel | Critical |
| J-31 | Prem Techs will not perform any work in Uverse red areas | Non-Critical |
| J-32 | Remove statement 14 from Appendix J | Non-Critical |
| J-33 | Prem Techs will not change any plant records for any reason, this is CST work | Critical |
| J-34 | Give Prem Techs the same time off (vacation, etc.) provisions as the CORE contract. | Critical |
Benefit Items
| BEN-1 | Improve Savings and Security Plan 401(k); increase investment options and company match | Critical |
| BEN-2 | Improve Medical Plan | Critical |
| BEN-3 | Extend Medicare Part B reimbursement and include individuals on long-term disability | Critical |
| BEN-4 | Extend benefit coverage for surviving spouse, eligible dependents, and registered domestic partners | |
| BEN-5 | Increase the Defined Dollar Benefit Cap | Critical |
| BEN-6 | Improve Pension Plan/Increase Pension Bands | Critical |
| BEN-7 | Modify the Rule of 75 | Critical |
| BEN-8 | Substantial Pension increase for current retirees with automatic Cost of Living Adjustment | Critical |
| BEN-9 | Extend Lump Sum Options | Critical |
| BEN-10 | Extend Vision Plan to all retirees | Critical |
| BEN-11 | Improve Vision Plan | Critical |
| BEN-12 | Improve Dental Plan | Critical |
| BEN-13 | Improve Retiree Benefits | Critical |
| BEN-14 | Improve Employee Life and Dependent Life Insurance | Critical |
| BEN-15 | Joint CWA/AT&T control over all benefit issues and vendor selection | Critical |
| BEN-16 | Extend the two Union Benefit Representative positions | Critical |
| BEN-17 | No loss of NCS for Care of Newborn Leave, Adopted Children Leave, Family Care Leave, or Anticipated Disability Leave | Critical |
| BEN-18 | Increase length of time from 30 days to 90 days on NCS change for leave | Non-Critical |
| BEN-19 | Remove the 14 day relapse recovery period under Short Term Disability | Non-Critical |
