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".
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MAY 17, 2012
Our Bargaining Committee met yesterday at the full table and reached TA's on a few more local issues.
Currently we are holding internal discussions to assess what progress we have made and determine our next steps.
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MAY 16, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. This afternoon informal discussions took place around a broad range of issues.
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MAY 15, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Yesterday there were lots of informal discussions.
Our Committee also held discussions with Committees from other tables about economic proposals. We will continue to work on that. We expect to return to the table this afternoon in the Midwest to continue our work on local issues.
MAY 14, 2012
Negotiations at AT&T Midwest continue. Informal discussions took place over the weekend.
Negotiations are set to resume this afternoon with our full committee. We expect answers from AT&T on questions we raised in negotiations last week.
MAY 11, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Our Bargaining Committee bargained late into the day on Thursday. We made meaningful progress on clearing the decks of many of the retrogressive proposals AT&T had around contract language.
We also made some progress on employment security and issues of concern around contract language and letters of agreement. However, we are still far apart on major issues. We expect to spend today and the weekend in informal talks around economic issues.
MAY 10, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Discussions are currently taking place at the Full table and in Subcommittee meetings on a broad range of issues. We are starting to see some movement on issues of contract language and letters of agreement. Our Committee remains prepared to work around the clock to try to move these negotiations forward.
MAY 9, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Our Bargaining Committee is currently involved in Subcommittee discussions around a broad range of issues. Our goal over the next few days is to make meaningful progress on numerous smaller retrogressive issues of contract language that are still on the table. Our committee is prepared to work around the clock to try move these negotiations forward. We will see if AT&T is willing to do that or not over the next few days.
MAY 8, 2012
Informal talks are continuing today with no progress to report at this time. Our committee is available anytime of the day or night to meet whenever AT&T is ready to make some progress.
MAY 7, 2012
Negotiations continue with AT&T Midwest. Late Friday night there was some small positive movement from the Company on Health Care however both sides are still far apart. While we made some small progress on other issues as well, the Company remains unwilling to remove all of their retrogressive demands from the table. We continue to send a clear and consistent message to management across the table that we need to have a contract that leaves members better off at the end than the beginning--that is the American dream that we are are fighting for.
