Correction To The Tentative Agreement Highlights
Posted: January 3, 2013 Filed under: News Leave a comment »District Six has released corrections to the highlights of the upcoming tentative agreement. You can view the document as it was originally released, as well as the amended version on the CWA 6203 announcement of the highlights, which can be found at this link.
Letter from Local President David Patton
Posted: January 1, 2013 Filed under: News Leave a comment »DECEMBER 31 , 2012
DEAR LOCAL 6203 MEMBERS,
WE ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETE ANOTHER YEAR AND ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH AT&T CORE. WHAT AN INTERESTING YEAR IT HAS BEEN, ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JANUARY 8TH, 2013 DUE TO THE HOLIDAY. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SEVERAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE TEMPORARY AGREEMENT (TA) REACHED DECEMBER 22, 2012 BY OUR BARGAINING TEAM AND AT&T (CORE). THIS TA IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THE COMPANY’S AND BOTH SAY THE SAME THING.
FOLLOWING ARE A FEW FACTS THAT WE HAVE CONCERNING THE TA;
- IT WAS BARGAINED BY OUR BARGAINING COMMITTEE AND THE COMPANY BETWEEN DEC 8th AND DEC 21st 2012
- MYSELF AND OTHER DELEGATE(S) (TBA) FROM OUR LOCAL WILL ATTEND AN EXPLANATION MEETING IN DALLAS JAN 7th,2013 WHERE WE SHOULD RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION AND GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
- THE CURRENT TA IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY THE NEW CONTRACT AND MUST BE VOTED ON BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF DISTRICT 6. THE BARGAINING COMMITTEE, AND THE COMPANY WANT THIS VOTE IN BY JAN 30th2013.
- THE CURRENT TA THAT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED SEEMS TO CLOSLY RESEMBLE THE CONTRACT OF DISTRICT 3, THIS IS BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE CONCERNING OUR TA. THIS CERTAINLY DOES NOT MEAN THE CURRENT TA IS GOING TO BE OUR CONTRACT, NOR DOES IT IMPLY THAT OUR COMMITTEE AND THE COMPANY ARE TRYING TO PATTERN BARGAIN THE DISTRICT 6 (OUR) CONTRACT TO RESEMBLE THE OTHER CONTRACTS ALREADY RATIFIED. I HAVE FAITH IN OUR BARGAINING COMMITTEE, AND I AM SURE WE WILL RECEIVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY ALL THE INFORMATION FROM EVERY DISTRICT SEEMS TO BE SO UNIFORM. THIS TOPIC WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE EXPLANATION MEETING 1/7/13 IN DALLAS. MYSELF AS WELL AS THE OTHER LOCAL 6203 DELEGATES WILL SHARE ALL OF OUR FINDINGS AT THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING 1/8/13.
Please email any questions you would like to ask concerning the TA to the Union Hall, @ local@cwa6203.org . We will endeavor to present them to the bargaining committee and get an answer. The meeting on 1/8/13 will not be the Local explanation/ratification vote meeting, but you will be provided all of the information we learn from the meeting in Dallas the day before. With the information we currently have there is no way to make an educated vote. After the District explanation meeting 1/7/13 and the membership meeting 1/8/13 we will have the Local Explanation/Ratification vote meeting approximately 10-12 days later in the hopes we will all have sufficient information to make a well educated vote. Visit our website frequently for any new information that may arise.
Please come to the membership meeting prepared to ask questions and express concerns relating to any local issues, rumors or other occurrences you may want to address or discuss. Myself, the local officers and e-board will be available to provide feedback and or answers. We will then discuss the core contract, the TA, and the findings and new information from the Dallas meeting.
Sincerely,
David Patton Pres. CWA Local 6203
website– cwa6203.org
Anyone with concerns or questions may call me anytime @806 543 5355 dp
Return on Investment, by William Richburg
Posted: December 17, 2012 Filed under: News Leave a comment »One of our Stewards, William Richburg, has written an excellent essay on labor. Our Local President, David Patton, has asked that we publish this on our website and share it widely. You can find a permanent link to the essay at http://www.cwa6203.org/?page_id=659
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.
AT&T CarePlus — A Supplemental Benefit Plan
Posted: December 17, 2012 Filed under: Announcement Leave a comment »Participants, who receive electronic communications, will be sent a News Now or eBenefits message on December 14th, 2012. All other participants will be mailed a printed copy via US mail to the work/home address starting the week of December 14th, 2012 for receipt within 7-10 days.
What’s Changing?
This SMM describes benefits under the Program as of January 1st, 2013. While you should review the entire SMM, please note these important changes:
- New procedures and/or services have been added;
- Procedures and/or services covered under the base medical plans have been removed; and
- Procedures and/or services that have had unfavorable clinical trials have been removed.
Questions?
Contact the AT&T Benefits Center at 877-722-0020 if you have questions regarding information in this SMM. To obtain a copy of any of your SPDs free of charge, call the AT&T benefits center at 877-722-0020.
December Monthly Meeting Reminder
Posted: December 6, 2012 Filed under: News Leave a comment »The December E-Board and Membership meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 11th. The E-Board meeting will begin at 5:30 PM, with the general Membership meeting scheduled to begin at 6:30. The change of dates is needed due to a scheduling conflict with the CORE Bargaining Caucus in Austin.
This is a very important meeting, as well as many meetings to come, as we will be discussing bargaining items and updates. Please plan to attend to be updated on current events and bargaining updates.
