Over the last few days, the Union met with the company to attempt to find a path towards an agreement that included assurances that there was a way to move additional work to the Midwest bargaining unit. Our ask is simple, we need a commitment from AT&T that they will work with CWA to bring work into this bargaining unit. There appeared to be some positive movement in the last few days, but there was no additional progress today.
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I wanted to touch base on recent events reaching our center. As you know members across the five-state region protested LR's continued engagement of members bypassing the bargaining team they elected to represent them. Notwithstanding the law dispute itself, most members are not trained and experienced in follow-up / analytical questions regarding attractive data. Imagine if you had children or seniors living in your household and your city officials waited for you to go to work to engage them about a controversial tax millage and promised them new playgrounds and bingo halls.
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Brothers and Sisters,
The collective actions of you, the Members, have been heard. The Company is officially on notice that unfair labor practices will not be tolerated.
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For the third day Members across the Midwest are walking in picket lines. As Mr. Randall White, V.P. Labor Relations Midwest refuses to acknowledge the unfair labor practice complaints.
For a second day CWA members across the Mid West are walking in protest to AT&T?s continued refusal to bargain in good faith with our elected bargaining committee. CWA Dist 4, has appealed this issue to the NLRB asking for a swift decision.
AT&T's so-called "final" proposal is a desperate attempt by AT&T to avoid reaching an agreement that would keep good, family-supporting jobs in our communities. Instead of continuing our agreed-upon negotiation process, they have violated the National Labor Relations Act by sending their misleading summary directly to CWA members and by failing to bargain in good faith.
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This afternoon the Company presented the Union with a 5th comprehensive package proposal that they termed as ?final?. The Company has moved towards the Union?s direction on some issues, but it doesn?t appear that we are where we need to be yet.
As usual, the email the Company sent out this afternoon highlights some positives in their proposal, but leaves out the many diminishments and retrogressive proposals that CWA members will not accept.
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Workers will stay on the job as negotiations continue.
The 14,000 workers at AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy T, members of the Communications Workers of America, will continue working even though their contracts have expired. The AT&T Midwest agreement expired at 11:59 pm CT on Saturday. The AT&T Legacy T contract expired at 11:59 ET on Saturday.
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At this time, CWA District 4 and AT&T have not reached a new agreement.
We will be working without a contract effective at 12:00 AM CDT, Sunday, April 15th.
We are still FAR from resolving a multitude of issues that must be addressed before a tentative agreement can be presented.
The CWA team is currently headed back to meet with the Company at this time.
Its time for mobilization activities to really heat up!!
No Contract No Peace!
In Solidarity,
Your CWA District 4 Bargaining Team
