IBEW Local 21 News - AT$T Low Road Tactics Continue!
The contract for approximately 20,000 CWA workers with AT&T Mobility expired this past Saturday, on February 7, 2009. This includes District 4 CWA members in Illinois and Indiana. Reports from their bargaining team are that negotiations are not going well. It's possible that these workers could strike. The CWA members in Mobility took a strike vote and it passed with 85% their membership willing to strike if necessary.Picket Lines at AT&T Locations
It's important that all IBEW Local 21 members understand their rights as it relates to picket lines. Under Article 5.03 of our Collective Bargaining Agreement with AT&T, all members have the right to honor a legal picket line. CWA at AT&T Mobility bargaining updates are available at: http://www.cwa-union.org/att/mobility. Download IBEW Local 21 News Update in PDF format