News & Events

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Chicago! We appreciate all the wishes of luck.

This morning our committee met with the company where they passed proposals to eliminate job security for CWA members across the Midwest by deleting the Employment Security Commitment and the Extended Employment Opportunity Period from our contract.

This morning, our Committee met with the Company

This morning the Benefits subcommittee met to continue to go over the company’s health care proposal

This morning the full committee met with the company where they passed us retrogressive proposals

Refusing to accept a 9-cent wage increase..Packinghouse workers shut down 140 plants around the country.

Civil rights activist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony dies at the age of 86. “Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.”

This is to remind you that the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation’s scholarship for the 2018-2019 school year will close on April 30, 2018.

This morning the full committee met with the company and reached tentative agreements on Appendix A7

The bargaining committee met today to continue to go over bargaining demands and prepare for subcommittee meetings with the company tomorrow. The Article 26 Subcommittee and Appendix G/COS subcommittee met this morning and afternoon to continue to examine and analyze data to prepare for the coming week.

Today our full committee met with the company’s committee in formal session. 

CWA/AT&T Midwest Bargaining Report #3

March 9, 2018

CWA/AT&T Midwest Bargaining Report #2

Yesterday the company passed retrogressive proposals regarding health care and pensions.

Today, bargaining begins for AT&T Midwest members. We’re supporting our CWA bargaining team and are taking action to win the best possible union contract at AT&T!

We all must do our part to send a strong message to AT&T that we demand good jobs, healthcare, and a secure retirement.

Thousands of AT&T Midwest members are taking action today to demand a fair contract, and even more CWAers are taking action in solidarity with us. Please reply to this email with your photos from today’s actions so we can share!

Negotiations between CWA District 4 and AT&T Midwest kicked off on March 6th, 2018 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. CWA District 4 Vice-President, Linda Hinton and AT&T Vice-President of Labor Relations, Randy White each delivered opening remarks.

Today, bargaining kicked off for AT&T Midwest. We are united for a fair contract.

February 9 is the expiration of CWA District 3’s contract with AT&T Mobility.

CWA will be engaging in another round of actions on February 9 – to show our support for District 3 negotiations and to show our opposition to AT&T’s attacks on our jobs.

The Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, administered by the Cleveland Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Application deadline is 5 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2018.  Awards will be announced by June 15, 2018.

  LOCAL LEADERS

We are pleased to announce another round of online training for locals on CWA dues systems, membership tracking and related financial operations for locals.

This is not a step-by-step training, however, sessions are structured to help you understand how the overall system works, including how to get the most out of the Orion system. The webinars are open to local officers, clerks and bookkeepers and others who help track dues and membership for your local.

The schedule is as follows:

Links to the full text of the Tentative Agreement, along with two wage charts that illustrate the net wage increases for those hired before and after 1/1/17.

After almost a year of bargaining and unprecedented mobilization we have reached a groundbreaking tentative agreement for members under the Orange contract at AT&T Mobility. 

Talks continued this week and the Union passed our full counter proposal to the company that includes all those issues you’ve identified as a priority in this round of bargaining.