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The Bargaining team wanted to take a few minutes of your time to update everyone on our contract negotiations.  Your elected bargaining committee of six, along with the CWA District 4 Committee chair and District 4 Staff Representatives, opened formal Bargaining on March 6, 2018 and here we are now just a little over a year and ninety-five bargaining reports later we are still working without a contract.

As you know, over the past few weeks the Bargaining Team has continued negotiations to reach an agreement with the company.

As we meet today, we have not reached an acceptable agreement with AT&T on a contract.

In light of yet another surplus affecting many members in District 4 . . .

While the committee would like to relay something meaningful in this report, we sadly must share some of the same news we have shared before.

Over the last 10 days the Union committee passed proposals on Appendix F, Benefits, Employment Security, Jobs, and had discussions about the remaining open aspects of the agreement.

The Union, once again REJECTED the Company’s “revised final offer”. The CWA District 4 Midwest Bargaining Committee met yesterday with AT&T in formal session to exchange proposals on some of the remaining open items.

The CWA District 4 Midwest Bargaining Committee met this week numerous times to assess how we can get AT&T to reach an agreement that provides a fair contract for all of us.

We are sure that everyone is aware of the Company correspondence regarding the status of bargaining, that went out yesterday.

After many months of little progress in moving towards an acceptable agreement, we are returning to the bargaining table in an attempt to restart meaningful negotiations. We are taking this initiative as we hope the company will begin to make movement from their previous positions.

The CWA committee met this week at the District 4 meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. We continued to strategize with Vice President Hinton and President Shelton on ways to move the Company on the issues most important to all of us, most importantly jobs and work.

The Union committee returned home from Chicago yesterday.

The Company’s latest offer continues to fall short of what CWA members have demanded that this bargaining committee fight for - although they did a nice job of trying to mask it in their email to employees yesterday morning.

Your Union bargaining committee met with the Company this afternoon...

Your Union bargaining team is traveling to Chicago this Sunday with plans to meet with AT&T on Monday. At this time, it is unknown what AT&T is preparing to present to the Union.

CBRE has ratified by 98%.

Members in Detroit, Michigan (Local 4070) and Evansville, Indiana (Local 4900) recently ratified agreements with Johnson Controls Security Solutions (formerly Tyco).

A tentative agreement was reached between the Communications Workers of America, District 4 and Cincinnati Bell Telephone on July 27, 2018

The Broken Promises Tour wrapped up today and actions have ramped up ...

Today, CWA launched a media campaign with regards to our AT&T Midwest ...

Since leaving Arlington Heights at the end of June, your Union Bargaining Committee has had several calls and also met in Cleveland, OH, Tuesday and Wednesday to continue working and strategizing about ways to convince the company to reach a fair agreement with CWA.

Over the last few days, the Union met with the company...

Today marks the 113th day of bargaining. This update will be more of a summary of our current position rather than a report on new developments, because there are simply no more new developments to report.

The union committee met internally this morning at AT&T’s location ...

We continue to meet in subcommittee and caucus internally at the bargaining location in Chicago.