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9/2/09 CWA District 9 Members Ratify AT&T West Contract Members of the Communications Workers of America at AT&T West have ratified a new three-year agreement by an overwhelming 3 to 1 margin. August 18, 2009 CWA Local 9408 Contract Explanation Schedule 1) LOCATION: Union Hall 5) LOCATION: Spike & Railroad Steakhouse
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MOBILIZE MOBILIZE MOBILIZE August 10, 2009 Sisters and Brothers, The details from District 9. CWA District 9 has tentatively scheduled contract explanation meetings with the CWA locals on Aug. 17. After District’s 9 meeting, we will schedule contract explanation with our membership next week. (Date to be announced) The mail ratification vote will be completed September 1. Bargaining is continuing for about 70,000 CWA-represented members at AT&T. These negotiations include AT&T East (CWA District 1), Southeast (District 3), Southwest (District 6), and AT&T Legacy, a nationwide unit. CWA members at AT&T Midwest, CWA District 4, overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year agreement on Aug. 7. I will keep you posted on any additional information we receive. Hello everyone, The bargaining team has not shared any specific details regarding this update and currently District 9 has not scheduled any conference call with the Locals. Any new developments will be shared with you on a timely manner. Don’t forget the membership meeting on Thursday and continue to wear your Union shirts!! Roy Granados Click Here for Bargaining Bulletin #76 CWA District 9 - AT&T West Bargaining Report #4 - 2/28/2009 1 Union 1 Fight 1 Future The Bargaining committee met with the company today. The Company proposed and provided an overview of their "Balanced Plan" Health & Welfare proposal. The Committee will be reviewing and analyzing the proposal. The next formal session is scheduled for Monday, March 2nd. The next Bulletin will follow that session. Mobilize Mobilize Mobilize IN UNITY, Bill Demers CWA District 9 - AT&T West Bargaining Report #3 - 2/26/2009 1 Union 1 Fight 1 Future Your Bargaining Committee met today in formal session. The Union responded with substantiation and answers to a series of clarifying questions presented by the Company on our Proposal Overview. We also discussed the process for determining which issues the parties will work on in subcommittees. We are set to meet again at 10:00 am tomorrow. We again thank all of you for your mobilization activities. YOU ARE THE POWER BEHIND BARGAINING! IN UNITY, Mobilize Mobilize Mobilize
CWA District 9 - AT&T West Bargaining Report #2 2/25/2009 Your Bargaining Committee and the Company met today in formal session. The Union presented an overview of proposals that included wages, pensions, job security, benefits and working conditions. The Company shared a sales/marketing type of presentation regarding consumer driven health care, showing our benefit costs compared to non-union and other large companies. The Company’s stated objective to “reduce costs” and to change behavior by moving toward a “balanced” plan. “Balanced” meaning if the employee “consumer” had to pay more for services they may not utilize them; presumably because it was a wiser “consumer” choice. We believe that any time and especially in these economic times, the “consumer” will be forced to forego needed health services to make ends meet. One good feature of the company’s presentation is that preventative care would be paid at 100%. Mobilize, Mobilize, Mobilize IN UNITY, CWA District 9 - AT&T West Bargaining Report #1 2/24/2009 Bargaining between Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9 and AT&T West, formally started today. CWA Bargaining Committee Chair Tom Runnion started the session with opening remarks, which set the tone for this round of bargaining. Company Chairperson Doug Flores made opening remarks for the Company outlining the perceived challenges for the Company in the areas of health care costs, the need for flexibility and the financial challenges the Company faces due to the economy and competition. CWA OPENING STATEMENT Today CWA and AT&T come together to begin negotiations at a time when our Countries economy is shaky but the Companies profits are up. AT&T is a Fortune 10 corporation with the means to provide decent wages and benefits to our members. AT&T is a $150 Billion corporation that made $12.9 billion in profits last year. The Company has an expectation of double digit growth in revenues for the next year. Our Country in this economic time needs profitable companies such as AT&T to do the right things. We need these companies to grow not to scale back. President Barack Obama just signed the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act”. The act provides for 7.2 Billion to increase the deployment and adoption of High Speed Internet access. We need AT&T to build out that infrastructure that will bring high speed internet access to all Americans and those jobs to be, Union jobs, in California and Nevada. This is not a time for healthy profitable companies to back away from growth or to try to diminish workers pay and benefits. It is a time for AT&T to join with CWA for Health Care reform not to shift the cost to our members or retirees. It is a time to remember past commitments and not turn away from them. CWA will not let AT&T forget it was the retirees that helped build this Company and AT&T made commitments to them. CWA members are the ones that make this Company profitable and expect a fair share of that profit. We come here to bargain a Fair and Just contract that meets both parties’ needs and that our members would be proud to ratify. WE WANT TO THANK ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAYS MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! IN UNITY,
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