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.

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Mark T. Gaffney, President
MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO

We have received a surplus notification from AT&T, Legacy T. 136 members are affected, none in the Midwest,FAR3. There will be a VTP offer but we do not have any information. We will get that out as soon as we receive it.

1. Children can continue to be covered by their parents' health
insurance until their 26th birthday, instead of being forced off
the plan by age 19. When? IN SIX MONTHS.

There's some confusion out there regarding health care reform
and retiree prescription drug coverage. It's important to get
the facts, not the spin that some people are trying to sell.

Yesterday I almost had my first casualty. A retiree who had wintered in Florida came back a little early for the sole purpose of having surgery only to discover some of his mail had not been forwarded and a medical plan premium (contribution) was due immediately. Luckily, in this case, he was able to make an on-line payment to save the day, but…. that may not always be the case.


Here’s the deal… Pass the Word… ATT is not kidding.

Mistakes were made on some 900+ Retiree Health Reimbursement accounts.
Single deposit amounts ($850) were made to what should have been family amounts ($1700). Not everyone was affected. Those who are affected will be notified via mail (from SHPS/the HRA administrator) of the corrected deposit. NOTE: Eligibility for an HRA is dependent on the “Non-Medicare retiree’s” enrollment and in cases like a split family (generally meaning one dependent is Medicare eligible) where dependents are permitted to make a separate medical plan election, the “Non Medicare Retiree” and dependent (whether Medicare or Non Medicare) elections must be with a Company-offered Medical Plan in order for the family HRA Amount to be paid.

There has also been some confusion with regard to the new voluntary Marsh Plan Insurance options (re; pet, cancer, legal, and other insurance’s). These are only available to future retirees and NOT current retirees.

Unfortunately I was wrong and I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Pre-1993 Retirees will NOT be allowed to participate in the CVS maintenance prescription trial. ATT decided to exclude pre-93 retirees. We are asking for the rationale behind this decision and will continue to press for inclusion.

We recently had several questions regarding new medical cards and who should get them. The answer is that not all retirees will receive new cards. Only retirees who had their Medical Plans change as a result of bargaining or as a result of a different enrollment choice will get new cards.