Negotiations have been continuing with AT&T but they once again are moving at a snails pace. We are very disappointed by AT&T's complete disregard for their employees and for the retirees who have help build AT&T into the highly profitable telecommunications leader they are today. While we made huge strides on some key issues because of your solidarity actions at work, at rallies, and in our communities, AT&T continues to play hardball on other critical issues at the bargaining table. Despite recording net profits for the first half of 2009 of over $6 billion dollars, AT&T continues to disrespect all of us at the bargaining table. At this point of the negotiations, AT&T refuses to recognize that the sweat of your daily labor is what makes them the company they are today. It is clear that AT&T has no desire to reward you with a fair contract and it is time now to push back and fight back as never before. AT&T's goal is to shred contract gains that we fought to achieve over the last 50 years. Many AT&T regres
