20,000 CWA Members Approve Tentative Contract with AT&T, and More Bargaining News

by May Silverstein, Mar 9, 2009

Some 20,000 CWA members approve tentative contract with AT&T, and more updates here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work. 

NEGOTIATIONS
CWA, AT&T: More than 20,000 telecommunications workers at AT&T, represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), reached a tentative agreement. The settlement terms call for a compounded wage increase of 8.8 percent over the four-year contract term, along with a $500 bonus.

UAW: Multiple unions are pledging support to the UAW battle to save the jobs held by thousands of their members at the Big Three. AFT has included a defense of the autoworkers and their pay in the publications it sends to 1.4 million current and retired members. UNITE HERE is lobbying lawmakers in Southern states, where it has a strong presence, to urge them to keep Detroit alive.

USW, Goodyear: Goodyear workers in Topeka, Kan., represented by the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 307, approved a contract that will allow the company to cut between 200 and 225 jobs. It modifies terms in its contract that required Goodyear to maintain certain staff and production levels at its Topeka plant. The union said in the news release that the agreement includes enhanced supplemental unemployment benefits to laid-off employees.

UAW, New Process Gear: In upstate New York, workers at New Process Gear, represented by the UAW, have a new contract that could save the company’s suburban Syracuse parts plant, targeted for closing after the union memberss rejected a previous contract. Details have not been released.

USW, Sunoco: More than 1,000 workers at two Sunoco Inc. Pennsylvania refineries, represented by the USW, reached tentative agreements that follow a national pattern reached between the USW and Shell Oil Co. The agreements call for 3 percent annual raises, preserved current benefit levels and barred involuntary layoffs.

AFSCME, Lowell: Lowell, Mass., city workers, represented by AFSCME Local 1705, accepted three days off without pay by June 30 to avoid having more than a dozen city workers lose their jobs.

Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.

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