DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* Internet
Services has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications
Workers of America on the National Internet Contract (NIC).
The agreement covers nearly 1,200 CWA-represented wireline
employees in 16 states who work on areas of AT&T's business
related to products such as IPTV and DSL. It will be submitted
to the union's membership for a ratification vote in the coming
days.
The agreement is the latest to be reached covering
union-represented AT&T employees. The company has now reached
19 agreements with the CWA and IBEW in 2015 and 2016, collectively
covering over 95,000 employees. Among other recent agreements:
- Three tentative agreements reached on Sept. 29 covering over 2,100 CWA-represented
former DirecTV employees in 15 states in the company's Midwest,
Southeast and Southwest regions.
- One ratified on Sept. 1 covering
over 20 IBEW-represented employees in California.
- One ratified on Aug. 30 covering
over 40,000 CWA-represented AT&T Mobility employees across the
country.
- Two ratified in August 2016
covering about 3,000 IBEW-represented former DirecTV employees in
14 states.
- One ratified in April 2016
covering over 9,400 CWA-represented AT&T Mobility employees in
our Southwest region.
- Three wireline contracts ratified in December 2015 – one with AT&T Southeast
wireline operations, and smaller regional contracts covering
AT&T Billing Southeast and Southeast Utility Operations –
totaling about 24,000 CWA-represented wireline employees in the
region.
- Two ratified in June 2015
covering about 16,500 CWA represented wireline employees in our
Midwest and Legacy T (also known as AT&T Corp.) contracts.
More information will be posted on
www.att.com/corewirelinebargaining as it is available.
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subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T
brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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