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In July of 2018, our Sisters and Brothers of District 1 were able to enter early negotiations with Verizon regarding wages and healthcare. They were successful in achieving a 4 year agreement extension. With our current CBA set to expire this September, District 6 assessed our options and noted that D1 had approximately 30,000 employees in their bargaining units and we are less than 30.

The Union and Company met all day and into the night Saturday, March 14, 2020.

The Union and Company met Thursday, March 12, 2020, and today March 13, 2020.

Below are highlights from the 2020 AT&T Purple Mobility TA in regards to additional major gains in the TA.

The Union and Company met Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Your CWA Local 6171 Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce we have reached a two-year Tentative Agreement with Johnson Controls. We appreciate everyone supporting the committee during these negotiations. Below are some of the highlights of the TA.

Below are highlights from the 2020 AT&T Purple Mobility TA in regards to call sharing provisions.

Below are highlights from the 2020 AT&T Purple Mobility TA in regards to sick time and other time off.

The Union and Company met yesterday, March 9, 2020.

Below are highlights from the 2020 AT&T Purple Mobility TA in regards to healthcare costs.

Below are highlights from the 2020 AT&T Purple Mobility TA in regards to wages and upgrades.

The bargaining team worked with CWA National to compile the tentative agreement (TA) changes. The TA Explainer provides additional context to the changes the bargaining team successfully negotiated.

The Union and Company met yesterday, March 5, and today March 6, 2020.

The Union and Company met yesterday, March 3, 2020. The Union presented UP15 through 19.

Please use the following links to listen to the recording and view the Q&A of the March 2, 2020 Mobility Contract Explanation Town Hall call regarding the tentative agreement recently reached with ATT Mobility.

The Union and Company kicked off bargaining yesterday afternoon in Sunset Hills, MO.

Attached is the AT&T Mobility Final Bargaining Report, which contains the material that will be covered
during tonight's explanation meeting.

Your CWA 6171 Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce we have reached a Tentative Agreement with Windstream. We appreciate everyone supporting the committee during these long days of negotiations.  We were up against a tall task, with Windstream in bankruptcy, to balance getting a fair and just agreement and recognizing where the company finances and stock prices are currently. 

The District will be hosting a Town Hall call for all District 6 members at AT&T Mobility to review the highlights of the Tentative Agreement reached February 22, 2020.

Today was a big day in negotiations as the company made some beneficial movement on several outstanding proposals. We passed counters back and forth and we feel we are in a good place going into expiration day. Tell your manager we want a fair contract and wear black tomorrow.

CWA members at AT&T Mobility are invited to join District 6 Leadership and the Bargaining Committee for a Town Hall call to hear an explanation of the Tentative Agreement reached with AT&T Mobility.

We resumed negotiations today, February 24, 2020 and we keep in the forefront of our minds that our current CBA expires this Friday, February 28, 2020 at midnight. We met with the company multiple times today and continued researching their proposals and how they would affect us collectively. The company countered a couple of their initial proposals after your Bargaining Committee rejected them at the end of our last session on February 14, 2020.

The parties continued meeting today in an effort to resolve outstanding issues. At 6:53 p.m., your CWA Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility on a new contract. The following summarizes the changes your bargaining team was able to negotiate...

February 22, 2020
12:14 a.m.

This report is to advise members that significant progress was been throughout the day, evening and night on Friday. While the parties have drawn close to an agreement on a new contract, some issues important to the Union remain unresolved as of this posting. As such, the parties have agreed to extend the current Labor Agreement to allow additional time to resolve outstanding issues.