More than 20,000 AT&T wireline workers in nine Southeastern states are back to work, after a four-day strike that began last weekend.
The The Communications Workers of America union said that the strike ended yesterday at 1 p.m., and that CWA and AT&T have reached...
More than 20,000 AT&T wireline employees in nine southeastern states have gone on strike, protesting what they say are unfair labor practices. According to the Communications Workers of America union, those include sending representatives to union negotiations who are not authorized to make decisions....
"AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has been one of the strongest supporters of the recently-passed tax plan, promising to use the massive corporate tax cuts for investments that would create thousands of middle class jobs," a statement from the Communications Workers of America says. "By...
New labor deal centered on health care benefits for approximately 42,000 CWA union workers at AT&T Mobility
The Communications Workers of America said its members ratified a pending contract with AT&T Mobility that provides health care and other benefits to approximately 42,000 workers.
CWA said the agreement includes...
Labor union CWA said the tentative agreement, focused on health care and other benefits, covers 42,000 AT&T Mobility workers
Three weeks after negotiations stalled on a new contract, the Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility covering approximately 42,000...
If a strike happens, Verizon says its ready
Some 39,000 unionized Verizon workers are threatening to strike beginning April 13 pending a negotiated employment contract materializing between now and then despite 10 months of negotiations getting us to this point.
Repped by the Communication Workers of...
Verizon offers union workers a 2.5% raise in first year of proposed 3-year contract
WASHINGTON – Since Aug. 1, 38,000 Verizon Communications union employees affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been working without a contract. That...
After working without a contract in place since Aug. 8, Communications Workers of America union employees reached a tentative agreement with AT&T related to wireline operations in the Southeast.
Announced Oct. 20, the pending contract also covers contracts for union members working for AT&T Billing...
WASHINGTON – The Communication Workers of America are putting the screws to Verizon Communications in public comments as labor negotiations for some 39,000 employees drag on. CWA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union members have been working without a contract since Aug. 1.
Having already...
The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up
Tension has been brewing between New York City residents and political leaders who feel Verizon Communications hasn’t held up its promise to blanket the city with...
Union says Verizon’s ‘greed knows no bounds’
WASHINGTON – Some 38,000 Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union employees have been working for Verizon Communications without a contract since Aug. 1; despite continued talks between the union and the company, there...
Bargaining for AT&T Southeast employees continues following Aug. 8 contract expiration
Some 28,000 AT&T Southeast union employees, represented by the Communications Workers of America, have joined nearly 40,000 of their counterparts from Verizon in working without a collectively bargained employment agreement.
The AT&T Southeast worker contract...
Group of 20 members of the US House of Representatives ask parent Deutsche Telekom for answers
Following up on grievances aired by T-Mobile US union labor, a group of 20 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the CEO of parent company Deutsche...
Employees will continue to work as negotiations continue after Aug. 1 contract expiration
Despite the lingering threat of a work stoppage, some 38,000 unionized Verizon Communications employees did not move forward with a strike following the midnight, Aug. 1, expiration of their contract.
Verizon and representatives...
CWA claims 86% of workers approve Verizon strike
The Communications Workers of America over the weekend reported 86% of Verizon Communication employees represented by the labor group voted to authorize a strike should the two parties fail to come to a labor agreement.
The current agreement,...
CWA commends T-Mobile US dealings at call centers
The Communications Workers of America is claiming victory over T-Mobile US in a recent policy change that CWA said resulted in the carrier announcing “several improvements” in how it deals with call center workers.
The workers union said...
Reps attend annual meeting for execs and shareholders
As some 17,500 unionized employees continue into the second week of work under an expired contract, union reps pressed AT&T higher-ups to finalize bargaining during the carrier’s annual meeting last week in Spokane, Wash.
The workers in questions...
NLRB ruling does not find direct T-Mobile US infringement, but carrier dinged for broad interpretation
T-Mobile US had its labor practices dinged by the National Labor Relations Board, which found that wording in an employee handbook might prevent workers from organizing or discussing work-related problems.
The...
AT&T’s pending $48 billion acquisition of DirecTV received a boost from the Communications Workers of America, which filed comments in support of the proposed deal.
CWA, which claims to represent 110,000 AT&T employees across its wireline, wireless and broadband operations, said that in addition to...
