Contracts for AT&T West, Mid-West, Northeast and Legacy T expire have expired!!!
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SB 1161 was moved out of the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee on April 17, 2012 by a vote of 12-0 in favor of passage of the bill. This bill would deregulate the telephone system as we know it. Of course this is backed by telecommunications companies such as Verizon, Comcast and yes you guessed it AT&T. Deregulation will result in less protections for consumers, provided less job security for our members who work for these companies and provide no avenue for consumers to have the CPUC address problems with corporations.
Members of the Communications Workers of America at four AT&T units voted overwhelmingly to authorize CWA leaders to call strikes if fair contracts cannot be reached.
Vice President Weitkamp wanted to share this letter with you, that will be given to the Legislators at the L+P Conference.We are asking our Legislators to send Stephenson the letter to urge AT&T to bargain a fair contract with the Union. Keep on mobilizing!
The FAA Bill is not a compromise - it's a rollback of workers rights. Watch the video and then take action.
Step 1: Watch the Video
Larry Cohen: FAA Bill Attacks Workers
House Republican Leadership wants to rewrite decades of longstanding labor law in a flash by inserting an unrelated labor provision in an aviation safety & security bill, without notice, hearing, or debate.
Please read into the article to see the points that are important about having a Labor Union. It points out some of the importances of having a union to support you. We must protect our future. Read more >>>
Occupy Wall Street, the gathering that began as a relatively marginalized group in a Manhattan park, will march Wednesday with the support of union and other progressive leaders.
Since late March of this year, AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile has dominated the U.S. wireless industry. Customers, outside interest groups, and government officials were quick to choose sides, but once AT&T filed its initial papers with the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in April, the deal was put in the hands of federal regulators. And today, the Feds answered back when the Justice Department filed a lawsuit (PDF) in federal court to block the merger. Read more >>>
Please change your "Q" Status today to our contract's expiration date:
04/07/12
The slightest act of unification will stir up movement in AT&T management. Premise technicians in Local 9511 posted on the AT&T internal messaging program called Q, "We Are United," as their Presence and AT&T 2nd level manager Andy Schoening allowed his ANTI-UNION 1st level managers to sway him to make the call to the technicians to ," take the message down!"AT&T manager Andy Schoening proved to the Premise Technicians that a small act of being united will make a big impact. Our Local thanks 2nd level AT&T manager Andy Schoening of San Diego and his deceptive efforts in trying to break the union.The only message he received from our Local is, "Thanks- your bumbling acts only make us stronger!"
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