Today, while AT$T declared that 715 CWA union members will be fired on June 20, 2003 they quietly INCREASED severence pay for their top executives if AT$T is bought out by a competitor. AT$T executives will now walk away with SEVEN TIMES their annual salary if AT$T is bought out. Could this new AT$T policy be an incentive to strike a deal that might not be in the best interests of AT$T shareholders,lower level management and union employees! AT$T spokesman Don Lawler, refused to give an exact number of AT$T executives who could receive a lot of money for no work! Download full story in pdf format.
