Contracts Expire at Major AT&T Operations, For Now, CWA Members Will Report to Work
Washington, D.C. - Contracts covering nearly 100,000 AT&T workers represented by the Communications Workers of America expired at midnight, with many important issues -- including employment security and health care -- not resolved. The contracts will not be extended.For now, employees will continue to report to work, although that can change at any time. Workers are keeping their option to strike open. For workers, the terms of the contracts will remain in effect, meaning that wages, working conditions and benefits like health care will continue unchanged, with the exception of arbitration for grievances.
CWA has made it clear to AT&T that it is ready to bargain at any time to resolve the issues and negotiate quality contracts. Unfortunately, AT&T has shown little willingness to move forward and reach settlements. There has been little progress in the areas of health care, retirement security and employment security, among others.
"The CWA bargaining teams are very frustrated by AT&T's slow pace in ne
