Feb 15, 2013
The CWA, IBEW and Alcatel-Lucent have signed an agreement that extends 2004 Postretirement Medical and Dental Benefits and the Group Life Insurance Plan for Retired Employees from its current December 31, 2014 date through to December 31, 2016!
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Jan 31, 2013
CWA Installers claimed that from 2002-2004, Lucent Technologies (now Alcatel Lucent) was discriminating against senior installers by forcing them to permanently move long distances as part of “permanent transfer” contract language.
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Jan 3, 2013
Tentative contract with AT&T Southwest and Alcatel Lucent contract extended.
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Jan 2, 2013
The CWA and Alcatel-Lucent have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2004 contracts
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Nov 26, 2012
It is that time of year again and we really need your help! Each year The Alliance for Employee Growth and Development conducts a satisfaction survey from a sample of Alliance eligible participants from AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, and Avaya who have participated in our programs.
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Nov 14, 2012
This is an update to let people (both active and formerly represented) know that thy may be getting a letter from Met Life,
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Oct 4, 2012
2013 Alliance PPT Changes
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Jun 29, 2012
At meetings of both the Joint Healthcare Committee (JHCC) and the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee (JRHCC
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Jun 29, 2012
Express Scripts finalized its merger with Medco Heath Solutions, and they are moving forward together as one company.
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Jun 29, 2012
Alcatel-Lucent has been offering Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) through MetLife since 1999.
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Jun 29, 2012
Planning for calendar year 2013 was one of the most challenging years evver for the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee (JRCC)
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Mar 8, 2012
"Retirement Heist" is a new book by Ellen Schultz, a former investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She carefully describes how companies plunder and wring profits from the defined benefit pension plans of American workers. It's required reading for union leaders engaged in bargaining with the country's biggest corporations.
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Dec 12, 2011
There is still time to apply for the 2012-2013 Academic Awards Program. The deadline for applications to this year’s program is December 31, 2011.
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Oct 31, 2011
Each year The Alliance for Employee Growth and Development conducts a satisfaction survey from a sample of Alliance eligible participants from AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, and Avaya.
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Oct 27, 2011
At a conference in Dayton, Ohio, last week, the nation's leading employment and training experts from industry, higher education, government, and labor praised CWA's landmark Alliance for Green Manufacturing Skills Training program for providing valuable skills and job placements for workers devastated by layoffs during the 2007-2011 recession.
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Aug 5, 2011
Attached is a copy of a leaflet distributed at the Bell Labs building in Murray Hill in the wake of layoffs there.
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Jul 6, 2011
Once again, the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee (JRHC) has completed its annual negotiations in regard to the Formerly Represented Retiree Healthcare Plan for 2012.
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Jun 30, 2011
During a routine internal review of the Lucent Technologies Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan (LTSSP), it was discovered that some employees or former employees of Alcatel-Lucent, who are/were enrolled in the LTSSP, immediately began to receive Company Matching Contributions in violation of the Plan.
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Jun 22, 2011
We have just received the attached annual Alliance funding letter for 2012 from Alcatel-Lucent.
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Apr 18, 2011
Commencing July 1, 2011, Alcatel-Lucent's payroll will be handled by ADP. In connection with conversion to ADP, certain administrative changes will occur with respect to participants' elections to contribute to the Lucent-Technologies
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