Frontier, CWA Sign California Labor Agreement
Frontier Communications signed a two-year labor agreement with California union workers represented by Communications Workers of America, Frontier and CWA said in a Monday news release. Officials for the company and union applauded ratification of an agreement amending and extending…
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existing contracts through September 2020. The revised contract includes extending existing contracts by 18 months with a no layoff provision, increasing pay by at least 2 percent and adding 50 technician and 35 call center jobs, they said. Also Monday, CWA announced radio ads in Midwestern states alleging AT&T broke a promise to add jobs with money saved from this year's Republican tax bill. The company killed 7,000 jobs since January when it got $20 billion in tax savings, said CWA. The CWA executive board in May approved possible strike by 14,000 workers covered by AT&T Midwest and Legacy T contracts (see 1805110029). The ads mislead, an AT&T spokesman said. The carrier never promised jobs from tax changes, but said the carrier planned to invest $1 billion this year "and that research shows that every $1 billion in capital invested in the telecom industry creates about 7,000 good-paying jobs for American workers, across the broader economy." AT&T this year hired 8,000 U.S. employees gross, not subtracting those who left, he said.