CWA/AT&T Bargaining Report # 85

June 15, 2009

This report is for Monday June 15, 2009

The CWA and AT&T bargaining committees met informally today and continued discussions on numerous issues.  We once again indicated to AT&T  that they needed to get everything back on the table that was missing  and went through a lengthy list of items that would get us back to status quo. AT&T's continued demand for shifting significant cost of the health care plan to our members, and the relationship of benefits to wages and other economic items was central to the discussions.  AT&T wishes to reduce or not renew such items as Cost of Living Adjustments, very small Pension Increases and no continued use of the GATT Rate for Lump Sum Pension Calculations, shift the Team Performance Award to a Success Sharing Plan which we believe will produce a reduced pay out vs. what the TPA provides today.  These coupled with less than adequate wage increases would not even come close to making up for these changes and still keeping our members at their current standard of living.

United We Bargain.........................................................................

                                                    Divided we Beg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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