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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.

February 20, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and received a new package proposal and your committee worked through the night reviewing our options. The Bargaining Committee is hopeful to reach an agreement by expiration and continues to hit roadblocks surrounding IHX, Benefits and Job Security.

February 19, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and received a package proposal containing Wage Increases, Retail Consultant “At-Risk” Letter, Cricket Sales Advocate “At-Risk” Letter, Benefits, Company-Union Relationship, Basis of Compensation, Absences and MI60 Letter.

February 18, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company into the evening in an attempt to work through some of our remaining issues. Our discussions have centered around Benefit Items and our newly organized IHX work group in Arkansas.

February 17, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and we are starting to make significant progress at the table. The negotiations are starting to pick up and we ask everyone to continue to mobilize to show support for the bargaining committee!

February 15 & 16, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company over the weekend and we passed proposals related to IHX regarding Wages, Sales Profiles and other Benefits. The Union was able to secure improvements to Call Quality Observations and we received another Benefits package from the Company on Sunday.

February 14, 2020 - Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and we had a good discussion related to the MI60’s and the Union passed another proposal related to Force Adjustment and Work Assignments. The Union reached an understanding with the Company improving Hours of Work.

Your Bargaining Committee finished out the first week of bargaining today. Many items were thoroughly discussed including but not limited to the movement of work, holidays, vacation, pensions and the medical plans. We are working diligently to get as much clarification and information from the company on their intent and reasoning as possible. The company passed a proposal regarding the cancellation of Retiree Life Insurance.

Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and we had positive movement on some of our proposals but we still have a long way to go.

Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with the Company and there was a great deal of discussion in relation to many of our proposals. We further impressed upon the company the reasons our members concerns in a number of areas.

Your Bargaining Committee met with the company for discussion over proposals and counter proposals that have been made from both sides. We are currently reviewing information that has been requested from the company. We are assessing pension and 401k data. As your Committee, we are working diligently to gather as much information as possible to combat the retrogressive proposals made by the company.