AT$T "Legacy T" Bargaining Report #33
The Union bargaining team spent most of the day working on our health care proposal. When we met with the Company, we re-submitted proposals that are being passed at all tables on (1) the Movement of Work; (2) National Health Care Reform; and (3) the National Transfer Plan. We rejected Company proposals on National Health Care Reform and their two transfer plans, since they didn't come close to meeting our needs. We also rejected their proposal on Alternate Work Schedules, since it included their retrogression on double-time. We also proposed an increase in board and lodging for our Construction Techs.We said yesterday that we would try to answer some of the questions that have come in from around the country. There were a lot of different questions on VTP. First, the Company has not introduced any proposal to lower either VTP or regular termination pay. They also have not tried to remove the language from our job security letter that prohibits them from bringing in contractors in Business Services f
