Wireless Bargaining Update #15

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company on Monday, February 18, 2008. The Company rejected all the Union’s revised bargaining demands regarding contracting work, management’s rights, and the commission and quota plan for Retail Sales Consultants. The Company presented an economic proposal to the Union. The wage package was woefully inadequate. The Company proposed that short-term disability be cut from the present 52 weeks to 26 weeks, and that newly hired employees fall under a new pension plan. The Bargaining Committee rejected all the Company’s economic proposals. The CWA Bargaining Committee will meet with the Company on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. There are six days left before the contract expires on Sunday, February 24, 2008. The Company needs to get serious at the bargaining table. CWA Members have built AT&T Mobility into the largest cellular Company in the Country with record profits last quarter. The time has come for the Company to treat our Members with respect and negotiate a contract that ensures job security, decent wages and a voice in the workplace.
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