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The News
7-22-10

Tentative Agreement Reached for 5,000 at AT&T Internet Services

CWA’s ATT Internet bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with
AT&T Internet Services covering 5,000 workers in Districts 3, 4, 6 and
9. The agreement, reached July 21, improves pay and benefits,
strengthens the grievance and arbitration process, and provides Internet
workers with the same transfer and bidding rights as other AT&T workers
have.

            Under the proposed three-year agreement, some 4,000
Customer Assistants, the largest work group at ATT Internet, will be
covered by a new quarterly cash award plan.  Awards will range from
$100-$500 per quarter for CAs with less than two years’ seniority, to
$150-$700 per quarter for CAs with more than two years’ service. Based
on seniority, annual potential awards would total $2,000 or $2,800.

            Awards take effect when workers meet a minimum of two of
five attainable standards, unlike some industry plans with unreasonable
and unreachable standards. CAs will also receive a $300 lump sum in 2011
and a 2 percent wage increase in 2012.

Customer Assistants also won full participation in the Success Sharing
Plan and now are eligible for tuition aid. They had been excluded from
these benefits before.

            Tier II workers will receive annual wage increases of 2.75
percent, 2.25 percent and 2.5 percent over the contract term.

To offset some health care cost increases for Tier II workers, AT&T
Internet will phase in those costs over three years and provide Tier II
workers with an additional $1,200 payment at ratification.

            A $500 ratification bonus will be paid to all Tier I and
Tier II workers if the agreement is ratified by August 20.


The bargaining team unanimously recommended ratification of the
agreement. “This tentative agreement shows the value of having a union
during the worst of times,” said Executive Vice President Annie Hill,
who heads CWA’s Telecom office. “We were able to make economic gains
for all ATTIS workers, thanks to members’ strong support for their
bargaining committee.

A final bargaining report will be presented to Local Presidents at the
CWA convention next week, and contract explanation meetings will be held
by Locals, followed by membership ratification.
 
 

DSL Bargaining information can be found at the Districts web site: district3.cwa-union.org

 
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