AT&T Bargaining 2009

Bargaining Update 4 - May 29, 2009

One step forward five steps back!

Bargaining Continued Friday May 29th with AT&T at both the National and Local tables. 

Your IBEW bargaining team reached tentative agreements on some minor items. 

However, AT&T continued making regressive proposals at the national table demanding the elimination of all carry-over vacation time, the elimination of the Good Friday/ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. designated holiday, and the Day after Thanksgiving holiday in exchange for Floaters. 

In addition, AT&T passed proposals to your local union bargaining team that would negatively impact our brothers and sisters in the Prem Tech title in Illinois.
Your local Union Bargaining Teams made several progressive proposals to improve differentials, seniority, and treatment of Part-Time employees.

Bargaining will resume on Monday, June 1st and continue through Wednesday June 3rd.

Ron Kastner, President/Business Manager, and Chairman of the AT&T National Bargaining Team would like to thank all members and retirees for their strong show of support for the Bargaining Team in solidarity actions taken this week.