Bargaining continued today with meetings at the National and Local Bargaining tables. We discussed our Union's proposal regarding the IBEW Health Care Plan. Our proposal controls rising health care costs while at the same time retaining a high level of benefits for our members. Our actions today made it clear to AT&T that we came to this table with viable options on healthcare rather than their expressed plan of shifting the costs onto IBEW members. Late today, AT&T rejected our proposal. AT&T demanded they retain complete control of the benefits plan. Download complete report in PDF format.
