Employees covered by the AT&T Midwest Agreement and the AT&T legacy T contract will see the Ratification Bonus in their paychecks on either February 18th or 25th depending upon their payroll cycle.

Linda L. Hinton Vice President CWA District 4 announced the results of the contract extension ratifications are as follows:

CWA/AT&T Midwest results:
71% Yes, 29% No

With a majority of eligible voters participating, members that work for AT&T Midwest voted in favor of ratifying the contract extension. The vote count was conducted by six (6) members from across our District.

CWA/AT&T COS Global results:
8% YES, 92% NO

With a majority of eligible voters participating, members that work for AT&T COS Global Services voted not to ratify the contract extension. The vote count was also conducted by six (6) members from across our District.


Lisa M. Bolton, Vice President CWA Telecommunications & Technologies announced that the members have ratified the Extension of the 2018 Legacy T agreement by 65.66%.

Yours in Unity

Dave Skotarczyk

The CARES Act was recently passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The CARES Act also provides for special rules for use of retirement funds. Instituting these rules will result in a need to amend plan documents and SPDs to reflect the changes.

So, you've slugged away at your job for a few years and your role and responsibilities haven't changed. No one seeks your input and most important meetings and work happen around you without you being involved. Where and how do you kick your career back in gear?

Let's get one thing straight...

Employers and Corporations did not feel generous and decide to give you two days off every week to have a social/personal life. (We now call them weekends). Corporations did not just feel like being nice one day and give their employees paid vacations. CEOs didn't get together in a board room and say "Let's give our employees more rights at work" or "Maybe there should be laws to limit our power over an employee".

Under the Supreme Court's Weingarten decision, when a investigatory interview occurs, these rules apply:

The employee may request union representation before or during the interview. After the request, the employer must choose from among three options:

1.Grant the request and delay questioning until the union representative arrives.

2. Deny the request and end the interview immediately.