Tentative Wireless Agreement Summary

Summary of Tentative Agreement

CWA District 6 and AT&T Mobility

Compensation

· Wage Increases

2008 3.00% Effective 2/24/2008

2009 2.50% Effective 2/22/2009

2010 2.50% Effective 2/28/2010

2011 2.75% Effective 2/27/2011

· Compounded total of 11.19%

· Employees will receive a $500 lump sum payment as soon as practical after ratification.

· Increases the on-call pay to $32 per day.

· Establishes call-out pay, of one hour minimum at basic rate, for network employees.

· Establishes provision for overtime pay after 11 consecutive hours worked.

Upgrades

· Overall 92% of Customer Service Representatives, more than 5000 employees, are upgraded:

o Upgrade Customer Service Representative I – All Other and Customer Service Representative II – All Other by $38.50 per week at top pay.

o Upgrade Business Customer Service Spet I and Business Customer Service Spet II by $38.50 per week at top pay.

o The Customer Service Representative I – All Other title, Customer Service Representative I – Dallas title and Business Customer Service Spet I title will be combined into one wage schedule.

o The Customer Service Representative II – All Other title, Customer Service Representative II – Dallas title and Business Customer Service Spet II will be combined into one wage schedule.

Pensions and Disability

· Pension band increases of 1.5% increases each year in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 for current employees.

· Company will offer a lump sum payment option for current employee in the banded plan.

· New hires hired 1/1/2009 or after will be covered under the BCB2 cash balance pension plan.

· Current employees and new hires retain the existing 52-week short term disability provisions.

Contract Improvements

· Adds increased flexibility for funeral leave.

· Adds Registered Domestic Partner as a member of the immediate family.

· Establishes a seniority tie-breaker based on Social Security Number.

· Removes 30-minute travel rule for temporary assignments. Time spent traveling on a temporary assignment, in excess of normal commute, will be paid as time worked.

· Improves part-time calculations for Vacations, Excused Days with Pay and Holidays. Calculated on time worked not time scheduled.

· Establishes a letter on call quality observation for Call Centers. The results of the observation must be covered with the employee within five (5) business days.

· Increases the notification to employees of a surplus for groups 50 or larger.

· Increases severance payment due to surplus to a minimum of $600 per year of service.

· Increases the amount of time that a former surplus employee has rehire rights to 3 years.

· Establishes a force rearrangement provision for Company owned retail locations, requiring that Seniority be utilized.

· Enhances the pay treatment for a voluntary transfer.

· Establishes a Four Day Work Week scheduling procedure.

· Establishes a letter reducing the charge back time to 91days for discipline in DMDR centers and Retail Stores.

· Establishes a District committee to discuss issues on scheduling in Retail Stores.

· Establishes a panel of arbitrators that will be jointly administered by the Company and the Union.

· Increases the notification to employees on schedule changes to 48 hours.

· Increases the amount of Union time and the number of Union representatives that can be off to conduct Union business.

· Increases the size of the Working Relations Committee to one representative from each local with a minimum of 4 Union representatives.

· Establishes a provision where the Union and the Company can establish committees to address concerns of mutual interest.

· Enhances the Non-Discrimination language.

· Eliminates the day before and day after rule for Floating Holidays and Designated Holidays (Unless Designated Holiday is scheduled by the Company).

· Enhances the amount of time a job vacancy must be posted to at least seven (7) days over a two (2) week period.

· Establishes a letter that the Union and the Company will meet in the Strategic Alliance Committee twice a year and may establish committees to address areas of mutual concern.

District Six Website: Bargaining


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