• By: Steve Tisza
• December 21, 2006

In Breaking News, after several months of negotiations, IBEW Local 21 and AT&T reached a comprehensive Memorandum of Agreement on the new Premises Technician job title. The agreeme...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 15, 2006

"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he did not know how soon it would consider AT&T's proposed $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth after the...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 14, 2006

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: "that this cause is hereby dismissed, in its entirety, with prejudice, including, without limitation, each claim, counter-claim, defense, and affirmative defe...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 11, 2006

"In the United States, the new Oak Brook facility complements AT&T's data center in nearby Lisle, Ill. to further expand the company's hosting presence in the Chicago area. The Oak...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 8, 2006

The attached is an update with regards to our ongoing negotiations with our National Buried Drop Agreement. I delayed in sending this out in hopes of having more information; unfor...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 8, 2006

On Sunday December 10, 2006, pursuant to Article 15.4 (Page 26) of the 2005/2009 CWA/AT$T Corp Agreement, wage schedules shall be increased by 3.0% on Maximum Rates. The increase o...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 7, 2006

The following information was received from AT$T regarding the 2007 Surplus Declaration Windows. Download Letter from Lori Smith, Director of AT$T labor Relations in PDF format....

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 5, 2006

The company has officially announced that the GATT Rate (Interest rate used to calculate Lump Sum Pensions) for 2007 is locked in at 4.69%. Download PDF file for more information...

• By: Steve Tisza
• November 27, 2006

"Lucent intends to impose higher premiums on the retirees who retired after March 1, 1990 effective January 1, 2007. This is not a surprise given the attitude and actions of the c...

• By: Steve Tisza
• November 20, 2006

Pre-Merger AT$T Weekly Paid CWA and IBEW represented employees will be transitioning to the new payroll system called eLink effective 12/17/06. Concurrent with the move to the new ...