For those who were unable to participate in the CWA/AT&T Midwest town hall on bargaining, these are note highlights I took.

CWA speakers included CWA President Chris Shelton, D4 VP Linda Hinton, T&T VP Lisa Bolton and the CWA chairs of both tables.
Both Midwest and Legacy T remained committed to job security talks for members to share in the success of the company. If there are no jobs, a contract means nothing. "NO JOBS, NO DEAL".
CWA needs every member to join the mobilization fight. Coworkers must join the fight as well as people in the streets, and most importantly Congress or we may never get a contract.

CWA DISTRICT 4

We are sure that everyone is aware of the Company correspondence regarding the status of bargaining, that went out yesterday. In the update, which is quite similar to a previously circulated document, the company again lists items included in their Final Offer proposed in August. As always, the devil is in the details, which they chose to leave out of this document.

Dear Colleagues:
This is to inform you that we will be announcing the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation?s scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year.

As a bargained-for employee covered by a Success Sharing Plan (SSP), you may be eligible for the 2018 SSP award. This SSP award is tied to employees? efforts toward the company?s success as reflected by the increase in stock price and by dividends declared. Specific details about your eligibility can be found in your contract. This is for both Leg T and Leg S

Michigan candidate for Governor Gretchen Whitmer to signs our Good Jobs at AT&T Petition on camera.

https://www.facebook.com/CWA4123/videos/579182062515337/

Effective August 16, 2018, all employees with prescription drug coverage administered by CVS/caremark are able to obtain, as part of their prescription drug benefit, a flu vaccine at no charge to the employee from any in-network retail pharmacy, including CVS Pharmacy.

Go to the link below for a video on our broken promises tour!

https://www.facebook.com/CWAUnion/videos/296763750906423/

The question has arisen of how someone will be treated for benefit purposes if they retire during our current status of working on an expired contract. I have been working to gain an understanding with the company on this matter. please see the company's response below:

Broken Promises Tour

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-shift/2018/08/07/trump-bets-on-kobach-308083 CWA SLAMS AT&T OVER JOB CUTS: AT&T workers on Monday launched a "broken promises" tour to shame the company over job cuts when they said it promised job creation. The workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America, will focus on AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson?s 2017 statement that the company would create 7,000 good jobs for the middle class and devote $1 billion to capital expenditures with savings from Republicans? tax reform law. CWA contends the company has cut 7,000 jobs since the tax cuts went into effect.

As AT&T continues to stonewall CWA members at AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy T at the bargaining table, AT&T workers kicked off a multi-state "Broken Promises Tour" this week calling attention to the effects of ongoing job losses and offshoring in communities across the Midwest.