Labor union CWA said the tentative agreement, focused on health care and other benefits, covers 42,000 AT&T Mobility workers
Three weeks after negotiations stalled on a new contract, the Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility covering approximately 42,000 employees. The agreement is focused on health care and other benefits.
CWA said the agreement would reduce premium costs for 20,000 employees hired after 2014; provide lower rates for employees with dependent children and no covered spouse under a four-tier contribution structure; allow for employees in Puerto Rico to select HMO plans with lower contribution rates; and introduce a new plan said to offer lower premium costs.
CWA District 1 VP Dennis Trainor said the deal “accomplished our main goal, which was to put health care benefits bargaining back in the regional bargaining agreement process and to make health care affordable for all mobility workers.”
The labor union noted there are four separately negotiated contracts from AT&T Mobility employees covering compensation and working conditions. This latest proposal is set to be passed along to union members over the next several weeks.
Following last month’s reported stalemate, AT&T said both parties agreed “to meet in a continuing effort to reach an agreement.” The proposal had initially gained tentative approval from CWA before being submitted to union leadership.
In late May, CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers struck a new four-year labor agreement with Verizon Communications, which ended a contentious strike. That agreement involved approximately 40,000 employees across both union groups, but was mostly focused on wireline employees.
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