Bargaining Report #15

AT&T SW BARGAINING REPORT #15

February 21, 2017

Your CWA Bargaining Committee met with the Company on Monday, February 20, 2017, to present bargaining demands. The Union Committee presented the following demands:

• A significant wage increase

• The return of contracted work back to the Bargaining Unit

• Improvements to the National Transfer Plan

• Improvement of the Savings and Security Plan

• To extend Medicare Part B Reimbursement

• Improvements to the Pension Plans

• Improvements to the Retiree’s Pension and other Retirement Benefits

• To Extend the two Union Benefit Representative Positions

• Modifications to the Employment Security Commitment

• Appendix J Premises Technicians shall be placed into Appendix C Wage Schedules

• Premises Technicians – Hours worked on a Holiday shall count towards hours worked

• The inclusion of Premises Technicians into the GPS Monitoring Agreement

• The improvement of the Layoff Allowance for Premises Technicians

The Union Bargaining Committee rejected the Company’s proposal on Article XIX-Grievances. Your CWA Committee also presented five new data requests to the Company. We will send out another Bargaining Report as events change.

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