CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #51
May 15, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Yesterday there were lots of informal discussions. Our Committee also held discussions with Committees from other tables about economic proposals. We will continue to work on that. We expect to return to the table this afternoon in the Midwest to continue our work on local issues.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #50
May 14, 2012
Negotiations at AT&T Midwest continue. Informal discussions took place over the weekend. Negotiations are set to resume this afternoon with our full committee. We expect answers from AT&T on questions we raised in negotiations last week.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #49
May 11, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Our Bargaining Committee bargained late into the day on Thursday. We made meaningful progress on clearing the decks of many of the retrogressive proposals AT&T had around contract language.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #48
May 10, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Discussions are currently taking place at the Full table and in Subcommittee meetings on a broad range of issues. We are starting to see some movement on issues of contract language and letters of agreement. Our Committee remains prepared to work around the clock to try to move these negotiations forward.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #47
May 9, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T Midwest. Our Bargaining Committee is currently involved in Subcommittee discussions around a broad range of issues. Our goal over the next few days is to make meaningful progress on numerous smaller retrogressive issues of contract language that are still on the table. Our committee is prepared to work around the clock to try move these negotiations forward. We will see if AT&T is willing to do that or not over the next few days.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #46
May 8, 2012
Informal talks are continuing today with no progress to report at this time. Our committee is available anytime of the day or night to meet whenever AT&T is ready to make some progress.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #45
May 7, 2012
Negotiations continue with AT&T Midwest. Late Friday night there was some small positive movement from the Company on Health Care however both sides are still far apart. While we made some small progress on other issues as well, the Company remains unwilling to remove all of their retrogressive demands from the table. We continue to send a clear and consistent message to management across the table that we need to have a contract that leaves members better off at the end than the beginning--that is the American dream that we are are fighting for.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #44
May 4, 2012
Informal talks took place at AT&T Midwest after our Committee presented the Company with our economic proposal yesterday. “Informal talks” means a more free flowing discussion of concepts in small groups from both sides, rather than exchanging written proposals back and forth with the full committees (that would be “formal talks”). The most difficult problems in negotiations are often solved by discussing them informally first to get close in concept, then moving to formal written proposals to nail down the details.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #43
May 3, 2012
Negotiations continue at AT&T MIdwest. Following the small progress yesterday, our Bargaining Committee presented an economic proposal today. Our proposal, while addressing the Company’s concerns would clearly make members better off at the end of the contract than at the beginning. We expect negotiations to continue throughout the day.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #41
May 1, 2012
Our Committee continues to meet in caucus to prepare for discussions with AT&T on a broad range of issues our members are concerned about. We are prepared to move forward and remain ready, willing and able to find a path to a fair contract.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #40
April 30, 2012
Last week members across the Midwest sent the Company a strong message that we are SICK and TIRED of the lack of progress in negotiations. It is time for them to back off their retrogressive proposals and address our key issues.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #39
April 27, 2012
At this hour, our Bargaining Committee is waiting to hear from the Company, we were supposed to meet this morning. Perhaps they are not feeling well, we heard there is something going around.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #38
April 26, 2012
In spite of extremely hard work by our Bargaining Committee over the past two months, there is no new progress to report. All of our major issues remain unresolved at this time. On issues like: employment security, justice for employees in appendix F & G and much more, our committee has presented realistic proposals, but AT&T has not made a serious response to any of them. The Company also still has major retrogressive items on the table. Our Bargaining Committee wants all of us to understand, that unless something happens to change things, bargaining seems to be stalling out.
CWA D4 AT&T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #37
April 25, 2012
Yesterday negotiations took place in Subcommittee and at the Full Table. While there is no new progress to report, our Bargaining Chair, Jerry Schaeff stressed once again to the Company, its time to back off all of their retrogressive proposals and address our members key issues.
