Articles by Author: stisza
Union Pressures AT$T To Bring Jobs Home
The Communications Workers of America is pressuring the telecommunications giant to bring back to the United States more than 20,000 outsourced call center jobs at a time when dome...
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Labor Day 2009- "Young Workers: A Lost Decade"
This Labor Day weekend, we are taking a moment to reflect on the future of America's working men of women. Young workers today have lower-paying jobs than they did 10 years ago -th...
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Legacy T Contract Ratification Timelines
Representatives from most of the Locals representing Legacy T attended a Contract explanation with the Bargaining Team on Wednesday. Today, Friday, a more extensive Final Bargaini...
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A Party, Not A Movement- By: David Sirota
"As we now see, union dues underwrote Democratic lawmakers who today block serious labor law reform and ignore past promises to fix NAFTA. Green groups' resources elected a governm...
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2009 AT$T United Way Campaign(s) Via Payroll Deduction
Although CWA District 4 and 9 members recently ratified a new contract and our Legacy T (C&T) members have reached a "Tentative Agreement," yet to be ratified, over 80,ooo CWA AT$...
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AT$T "Legacy T" Final Bargaining Report
Attached is the Bargaining Report outlining the changes in the 2009 Agreement between "Legacy T" and AT&T. In these extremely difficult economic times, with the unemployment...
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AT$T "Legacy T" "Tentative Agreement Reached"
After 6 months and 3 days of Bargaining, the Legacy T Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T. We feel we have achieved a Contract that meets the needs of our ...
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Truth About The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2009
It is a sign that the H-1B and L-1 visa programs are here to stay. The H-1B visa program remains a hot button issue with some very vocal critics, among them IT labor unions like Al...
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AT$T "Legacy T" Bargaining Report #60
We wish this was a report informing you about the productive meetings we've been having between the CWA and AT&T Bargaining Teams. Unfortunately it is not. Despite the availability...
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IBEW 21 AT$T Bargaining & Mobilization News Update # 43
As reported on our last update, the IBEW has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T for a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. IBEW Local 21 has scheduled a series of s...
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