CWA and AT&T Exchange Barbs as Southeast Strike Continues
Communications Workers of America slammed a final offer from AT&T late Wednesday as a strike continued into its third week (see 2409030025). More than 17,000 workers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee are…
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on strike. “CWA members have seen and personally experienced the effects of prolonged outages and wait times for service and repairs,” said union President Claude Cummings. “It’s time for AT&T to engage in productive bargaining where it belongs -- at the bargaining table -- so we can get back to work serving our customers,” Cummings said. “We have made a strong final offer,” an AT&T spokesperson emailed: “We believe that this offer, if accepted, would provide our employees with competitive market-based pay that exceeds projected inflation. The Company is also offering to increase its financial contributions to employee healthcare and wellness by up to 25% per year.” The spokesperson said the terms of the offer “are largely in line with the 3 other competitive and fair agreements we’ve reached with our unions this year.”