Dec. 21-Jan. 22 Bargaining Round-Up

American Red Cross – National Addendum

In December, the National Coalition bargaining the American Red Cross Addendum reported:

We were not able to reach an agreement on the addendum. We submitted a comprehensive proposal to the Red Cross to try to reach an agreement. There was no response from Red Cross. We did get an extension until the end of March. Red Cross has agreed to pay the increase in the cost of health care until the end of March. This allows all our members to feel secure in the choice they made for health care and the price is status quo while bargaining continues.

Negotiations continue through January. Read the full report here:  d213_arc_news_211208.pdf

Reach out to your Local for the latest news.

AT&T Legacy T

In a January Press Release, CWA reported:

Communications Workers of America members covered by the AT&T Midwest and national Legacy T agreements have voted to extend their contracts for four years. The contracts, which were set to expire in early April, cover 6,250 wireline employees in the Midwest region (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin) and 3,000 wireline employees across the country and in Puerto Rico in the Legacy T division.

The extended agreements include annual wage and pension increases, keep healthcare cost share percentages at their current levels, protect employment security, and continue recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a company holiday. The LegacyT agreement preserves commitments on the number of jobs that will remain in the unit.

“This extension meets our key goals: improving our members’ standard of living, protecting retirees, providing employment security, and maintaining affordable health care costs,” said Linda Hinton, Vice President of CWA District 4, which covers the Midwest. “We have been able to preserve the hard-won gains we have made over the years and provide stability for our members during these challenging times.”

“Our ability to reach an agreement to extend our contracts with AT&T at their current levels is a testament to the strength and resilience our members at Legacy T have shown over the past few years,” said Lisa Bolton, Vice President of CWA’s Telecommunications and Technologies sector. “I am particularly proud that we were able to keep our employment watermarks, the foundation of our job security, at their current levels. Maintaining these watermarks for 8 years is an unprecedented achievement.”

AT&T Mobility – Orange Contract

Beginning on January 24, 2022, Orange Contract negotiations began between CWA and AT&T Mobility. In the most recent bargaining report, the CWA Committee reports:

The Union will address issues for all groups covered under the Orange Contract. Some issues apply to all groups while other issues will be broken down by job titles. Bargaining can be a long process especially because of how many issues we have to address, so we need all our Union Members to stay informed, stay mobilized and stay UNITED! You deserve your fair share, and we will fight together to get it!!

Contact your Local or visit Unity at AT&T Mobility for the latest news and mobilization activities.

Check out members in District 2-13 sharing the message that they are ALL IN for a fair contract at AT&T Mobility:

Consolidated Communications, Inc - CLEC

Negotiations over the CLEC CBA with Consolidated Communications, Inc. opened this month. After the first day of bargaining, the CWA Local 13000 Bargaining Committee reported:

The company passed 5 proposals this morning, each looking to take from your contract and weaken your strength in the workplace. We are reviewing the proposals and preparing responses to each. We have passed 4 proposals of our own and designed to improve the working conditions in your contract and help better your work/life balance. Bargaining has just started and we know there is much work to do…

Please contact your Rep with any bargaining questions and to learn of upcoming Mobilizations.

Read the full first report here: https://cwad2-13.org/news/cwa-cci-clec-2022-bargaining-report-1

INOVA

The CWA Local 2252 Bargaining Committee continues to negotiate the INOVA/ASHN contract. The contract’s expiration date was extended to December 31, 2021, and negotiations continue as the parties approach an agreement.

LifePath

CWA Local 13500 and LifePath signed three Memoranda of Agreement in December and January. In Dec., the parties agreed to two MOAs, one over an appreciation payment and a second over retention pay. In January, an MOA was signed to implement a 2022 wage rate increase.

PIW

On Jan. 11, 2022, CWA Local 2336 bargaining Committee & PIW agreed to extend the current contract through April 15, 2022. Negotiations continue.