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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #51</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at AT&amp;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.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-15T15:55:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #50</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_50/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations at AT&amp;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&amp;T on questions we raised in negotiations last week.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-14T17:10:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #49</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at AT&amp;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&amp;T had around contract language.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-11T18:15:31+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #48</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at AT&amp;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.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-10T20:10:14+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #47</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at AT&amp;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&amp;T is willing to do that or not over the next few days.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-09T21:00:32+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #46</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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&amp;T is ready to make some progress.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-08T18:00:41+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #45</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue with AT&amp;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&#45;&#45;that is the American dream that we are are fighting for.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T17:10:13+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #44</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_44/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Informal talks took place at AT&amp;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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-04T17:45:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #43</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_43/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at AT&amp;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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T18:30:18+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Midwest Bargaining Report #42</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/midwest_bargaining_report_42/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Making some progress!]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T21:30:54+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #41</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_41/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Committee continues to meet in caucus to prepare for discussions with AT&amp;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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T19:00:07+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #40</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_40/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-30T15:10:41+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #39</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_39/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-27T19:00:54+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #38</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_38/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[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 &amp; G and  much more, our committee has presented realistic proposals, but AT&amp;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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-26T18:45:55+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #37</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_37/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-25T15:30:35+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #36</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_36/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue  with AT&amp;T Midwest.  Today Subcommittees are meeting to discuss Prem Tech issues and other issues of concern to our members.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-24T16:30:48+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #35</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_35/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[There was not any progress in bargaining this weekend.  All of our major issues remain unresolved.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T17:00:15+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #34</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_34/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We’d like to report the Company has backed off their demand of Massive Health Care cost shifting to our members, but that has not happened.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T17:10:12+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #33</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_33/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at the Midwest Table. There is not much to report since AT&amp;T is not
backing off of their retrogressive demands.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-19T16:20:01+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #32</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_32/</link>
      <guid>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_32/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue with AT&amp;T Midwest.  Our Bargaining Committee is analyzing the Company’s latest wage and benefit proposal and preparing counter proposals to present to the Company.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T17:00:55+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #31</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_31/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today in negotiations the Company presented an economic proposal which contained a very small move on Health Care cost shifting. Unlike in their previous proposals, the wage increase for Prem Techs matched the base wage increase the Company proposed for other employees. However, this proposal was still clearly inadequate and there is still a lot of distance between the Company’s position and our position.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T20:20:56+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #30</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_30/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continued at the Midwest table over the weekend.  While we have made some progress on minor local issues, all of our major issues remain unresolved.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-16T16:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #29</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_29/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today in negotiations our Committee presented the Company with proposals on:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-13T17:00:52+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #28</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_28/</link>
      <guid>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_28/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue with AT&amp;T Midwest.  While there has been some progress on minor local issues, all of our major issues remain unresolved.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T19:00:43+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #27</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_27/</link>
      <guid>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_27/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday Subcommittee meetings took place and discussions were held on  Attendance and Employment Security. While there was some minor progress on Article 26, Employment Security, we are still far apart.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>AT&amp;T Midwest Union Hall Call, 4/10/2012</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Listen to the audio archive of the CWA AT&amp;T Midwest April 10 Union Hall Call]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T15:09:23+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #26</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_26/</link>
      <guid>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_26/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations continue at the AT&amp;T Midwest table.  While we have made some progress on local issues, all of our major issues are still unresolved.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-10T19:10:42+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #25</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_25/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday our Full Committee met and Subcommittee discussions were held on the issue of attendance.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-09T21:00:30+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT  # 24</title>
      <link>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_24/</link>
      <guid>http://district4.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_d4_att_midwest_bargaining_report_24/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Open Letter to Our Members in District 4]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-08T23:15:12+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>CWA D4 AT&amp;T MIDWEST BARGAINING REPORT #23</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At the end of a long day of bargaining, our Committee made a series of proposals]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-08T05:30:46+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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