Jun 13, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #56
The Company and Union Legacy T teams met all day today. Some progress was made.
Jun 12, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #55
The Union and Company Teams met in formal session for most of today. We were able to TA a number of items and some advances were made. A new "Consumer Common Interest Committee" was negotiated to deal with high
Jun 8, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #54
Yesterday our Bargaining Team spent all day reviewing Health Care proposals from AT&T. We all continue to be outraged that an extremely profitable company still feels the need to make its active and retired employees pay what they call “our fair share” for health care.
Jun 5, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Mobilization Report #14
As we approach 2 months post expiration, Local Officers, Members, Activists & Retirees continue with mobilization.
Jun 5, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #53
Our Legacy T Bargaining Team has been meeting informally with the Company and internally with our Union researchers to work on a plan to improve the Pensions of those on the Cash Balance Account.
May 31, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #52
Yesterday the IBEW and AT&T announced a one-year agreement that extends their contract to 2013 but changes benefits and has a small wage increase.
May 30, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #51
The bargaining team returned from their Memorial Day trip home anxious to get back to the bargaining table. Today was spent reviewing all of our outstanding issues and where we and the Company have moved on each one.
May 30, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Mobilization Report #13
Week 8 working without a contract has many Locals and members heating up mobilization inside work locations & also in the public's eye.
May 25, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #50
We met with the Company yesterday and today in informal subcommittee.
May 23, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Mobilization Report #12
For many of us, it seems like bargaining has slowed down significantly. We haven’t seen any major movement at the bargaining table in the last couple of weeks, according to reports, and our bargaining team needs our help!
May 22, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #49
With bargaining moving at a snail’s pace, your Legacy T team is meeting together to review our outstanding proposals and prioritize our issues.
May 18, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #48
The bargaining teams met formally today. Our Union team resubmitted demands to equalize termination pay across all Articles (43, 44, 45 and 39) by moving those with a lesser term pay schedule to the full 104 weeks provided by Article 25.
May 18, 2012
AT&T Cited by OSHA in Atlanta
Local 3250 did a great job bringing this issue to OSHA’s attention. Below is a copy of the “Serious” citation OSHA issued against AT&T because (1) material safety data sheets were not provided for hazardous substances at Century Center, and (2) employees working at this location were not provided appropriate information and training concerning these hazardous substances.
May 17, 2012
Nine New York Mayors Oppose Verizon’s Big Cable Deal
The secretive, anti-competitive deal between Verizon Wireless and the nation's four leading cable companies will hurt economic development, diminish job creation, lead to higher prices with fewer options, and grow the digital divide, nine upstate New York mayors said Wednesday.
May 16, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #47
A huge box arrived from Local 6201 in Ft. Worth, Texas with instructions to give it to the Company bargainers. It was full of branded items that had been distributed to employees – all kinds of AT&T and “Starz” merchandise. There were T-shirts and pads and ceramic cups and tissue boxes and balls and pens and hundreds of other items.
May 16, 2012
Avaya Surplus Notification and VTP Offer
We have received a surplus notification and VTP offer from Avaya, involving the titles Systems Applications Specialist and Systems Support Specialist.
May 15, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #46
Following discussions with other tables, our Bargaining Team met yesterday and all day today to prepare demands for both formal and subcommittee discussions with the Company. We expect to meet with the Company Team tomorrow.
May 15, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Mobilization Report #11
Week 6 without a contract finds workers stepping up actions across the country.
May 10, 2012
AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #45
The Bargaining Teams met all day today in subcommittee, and we held wide-ranging discussions on all the outstanding “Local issues” (those specific to our Contract).
