CWA Members at AT&T Southeast and West Ratify Strong New Contracts

CWA members at AT&T West and Southeast ratified strong new contract agreements last week.

Thanks to a historic month-long strike by members in the Southeast and strong mobilization efforts supported by CWA members and retirees across the country, the new contracts include substantial wage increases and significant improvements to overtime and scheduling practices.

“These new contracts,” said CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., “provide our members with family-supporting wages and benefits and address longstanding concerns about overtime and overscheduling, which not only kept them away from their families and unable to plan their own lives, it negatively affected the quality of service our members want to deliver. Our unity across our union made these monumental contracts possible. Now, over 25,000 AT&T workers across 11 states have a strong contract that reflects their value and will undoubtedly help them keep our communities better connected.”

“For 30 days, our members stood up and made sacrifices to fight for the fair contract they deserve. Because of our members' solidarity and tenacity, AT&T workers now have the support they need to make AT&T a leader in closing our nation’s digital divide,” said CWA District 3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt.

“With this new contract, our members are well positioned to support their families, with improved wages and schedules. They are also ready to get to work bringing high-speed broadband internet to homes and businesses throughout the region now that the Biden-Harris Administration has approved both California and Nevada's ‘Internet for All’ proposals,” said CWA District 9 Vice President Frank Arce. “I’m happy to say CWA District 9 is celebrating with our union siblings in District 3 over our strong contracts.”

Click here to read the full press release and get more details on the contracts.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.