The new contracts with the CWA cover nine U.S. states and 23,000 AT&T employees
AT&T has ratified two separate agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in Southeast and West unions more than two months after facing accusations of unfair labor practices. The new contracts cover nine U.S. states and 23,000 employees.
According to a statement from the telco, the new contracts include “market-based wage increases that exceed projected inflation, comprehensive retirement benefits, increases in the company’s financial contributions to employee healthcare and wellness, better schedule stability, job security, and more.”
AT&T also noted that it has now reached 18 agreements with its unionized workers since the beginning of 2022. “We are proud to support the needs of our unionized employees as they make these connections possible for our customers and communities,” said the company’s Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources and Labor Relations Jamie Barton. “We believe that to be the best connectivity provider, our agreements must allow us to compete for the best people and have the best operations that can adapt to evolving customer demands. These new agreements position the company for sustainable growth and ensure we continue to recognize the work our employees do every day to serve our customers.”
It is own press statement, the CWA included comments from its President Claude Cummings Jr., who said: “These new contracts provide our members with family-supporting wages and benefits, and address longstanding concerns about overtime and overscheduling which not only kept them away from their families and unable to plan their own lives, it negatively affected the quality of service our members want to deliver.”
