I JUST FIND OUT THAT THE Arbitration is defined by AT&T, not unlike court It uses a PRO AT&T arbitrator instead of a judge or jury known as an "award." This award is generally final and binding on the parties in the case, this is why CWA gets screwed... — read more
No Overtime Until Time Warner Decision
So long story short, we are to have no overtime or spend any money on anything, jobs are frozen & we cannot even order a COU until this deal is done. Question? If it fails what will be the outcome? If it passes what will be the outcome?
AT&T $140 million fine for wage theft
Next up the lawsuits for highly illegally denying IHX overtime!!!!! https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/2018/06/05/texas-businesses-including-att-tenet-paid-581m-penalties-wage-theft
It’s coming!
TFS SW has now scheduled training for level 1,2 &3 management on the proper process for removing employees from company systems.
IHX
What is the pont of IHX? All they do is drive around activate phones that are free and dont have to pay for while we in stores have to work our butts off until 8pm!!! Mean while ihx rep gets off at 3 every day talking to a couple people and give away... — read more
Strike Win
One point was to show you hat we will walk in unity and that we wanted the company back at the table bargaining with our bargaining team. Guess what they are bargaining again. Also my garage does over 160 jobs every day. How many installs is that off... — read more
What was the point?
So, what was achieved with this strike?
4 Day. Strike is over
Go back to work in Muskingum county, lacal 4324 really s---s. nothing new to report, CWA_ BAU.
Legacy T Strike?
Is the Legacy "T" ULP strike still on for Monday the 4th?
Soon will be over folks, get ready@
I WILL BE MAKING A,CONSIDERABLE CHARITY CONTRIBUTION the day that this deal is blocked, Amen
Will AT&T sell off wireline?
Thoughts?
ATO Reorg
Anyone know what is going on regarding ATO? Got hit hard during the last round of layoffs and hoped someone may know what is in store for the next round?
Hundreds more walk out in the member initiated strike
Today even more cwa members walked out in solidarity during the member initiated ULP strike in the Midwest. I know for sure almost all of Michigan Walked today. Any Midwest CWA brothers and sisters out there who walked that want to share their... — read more
Business Account Executive/Client Solutions Executive
With the new Business Acquisition Team deploying, what is going to happen to this side of the company? The stores do most of the selling for these departments and the BAT team will be out getting new business, will At&t retain this group or will it... — read more
Surplus in finance
600+ Finance employees, most in Atlanta, Bedminster, Chicago and St Louis were notified of a surplus Thursday, May 24. Interest in Leaving surveys are to be submitted by June 1. Number or percent of employees to be surplused was not provided during... — read more
June 1 layoffs Arison Group billing
LAYOFFS happening right now in billing nationwide
CWA reports att layoffs
Report on AT&T Reveals Thousands of Layoffs, Call Center Closures, and Rampant Outsourcing AT&T HAS CUT MORE THAN 16,000 CALL CENTER JOBS, DEVASTATING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN MIDWEST STATES Tuesday, April 24, 2018 While AT&T refuses to release... — read more
Just heard Wisconsin walked today!
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! "shared healthcare costs"? Yeah, D4 started the downhill spiral 10 years ago. Fire them ALL!
Cleveland, Akron, Canton , Youngstown walked at 10:00
Cleveland, Akron, Canton , Youngstown just walked at 10:00..... join the movement.... stand by your bargaining team !!!
June 15th
Be ready! Retail will have its turn!
Less people in the future
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2018/05/29/at-t-cfo-expect-fewer-employees-amid-technology.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo
IN THE NEWS
AT&T-Time Warner Merger Will be Blocked, the government has met its burden,” Herbert Hovenkamp tells NY Post
4000 to be laid off
AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is not only the second largest wireless carriers in the U.S., but among the top pay-TV providers as well. The communications giant was one of the first companies to announce one-time employee bonuses tied to recently enacted... — read more
Something is coming
Several of managers at our center are either gone or are getting ready to leave to other AT&T locations. This started a few weeks ago. I've noticed several people post a similar situation to ours in other threads. This is not a coincidence, it can't... — read more
AT&T Bribary Scandle
http://amp.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/at-and-t-reportedly-bought-michael-cohens-services-specifically-to-help-with-usd85-billion-merger-with-time-warner.html
Paramus
Once again Paramus comes up as next to surplus. Any word if it’s true or not? Mack Cali building closing?
Managers
What’s the next group of SE mgrs to be cut?
Retail stores getting shorter hours
I’ve noticed a bunch of stores have shortened their hours along with a bunch of sm3 stores getting knocked down to sm2. Can AT&T do anything to stop the death of retail?
IHX
Lots of whispering about moving IHEs to 1B from 1A. That would mean a promotion and salary bump for them. These guys doing RSC work for store manager pay? WTF? Is there any truth to this?
Code of Conduct Violation
Randall Stephenson violated the sacred AT&T code of conduct by bribing the United States President Trump to approve the AT&T Acquisition of Time Warner. I think the average American worker would be fired for this if not imprisoned for felony. Am I... — read more
What is going to happen to the copper side of the business?
AT&T is hurting for revenue. And we are in the process of trying to spend more. The only talk of real capital growth is taking place in the wireless organization. The company has made great efforts to push customers off anything supported by a copper... — read more
Shakes his head
I know there are some who love T, I was one of them, but there comes a point when you have to open your eyes. The simple truth is T is not what it use to be, too many reorgs, allingments and layoffs. There is not enough new business to support the... — read more
The Big Bribe....
.....does anyone know if the big bribe paid by Randall Stephenson to President Trump for approval of the Time Warner acquisition is illegal? Is it unethical? or is it just standard discrete for this type of transaction? I am just an average American... — read more
Verizon Corporate Stores Closing Down...
All over... too bad they didn’t unionize. This is MAJOR! Verizon Wireless going down is bonkers, what’s next for Wireless?
Lack of Diversity in C&E
Why is there a lack of diversity in C&E? I do not see a lot of minorities in management positions and I do not see any Asian people as Operation Managers . Only one Asian in management and he's a VP . Why is it like this? It's funny because the... — read more
Four reasons why losing Time Warner would be good for AT&T
"It is also possible Time Warner is simply a melting iceberg that may keep losing value." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/att-may-be-better-off-losing-time-warner-and-not-relying-on-the-dying-pay-tv-model.html
Pensions?
How do you know if you are in banded pension plan, or the in the Bargained Cash Balance Program #2 (BCB#2) ?
AT&T's FINAL Offer
What next? AT&T is basically daring Leg T employees to turn on their union with this latest "News Now" email, force-feeding us a stale contract. Union is so inept at strategics and leveraging it has become painfully obvious that this won't end in so... — read more