Pretty sure by now we all know that D3 still ended up without a contract, but we didn’t strike. Will we strike? Was the purpose of extending the contract to be more aesthetically pleasing for the backpay? Will we even get backpay? At this point, I don’t care anymore I’m ready to take my family and move on.
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D4 contract wasn't bargained by the bargaining teams, when the leaked email was posted about them having an agreement, a member of the companies bargaining team said she didn't know about any signed TA. Also only the districts officers knew about it not our bargaining team. The bargaining team was handed the TA, and they were told take it to the members! Union members should file board charges against the company and the union. Shelton and the CEO met, and magically we had an agreement. I believe that would not be bargaining in good faith on both parts!
My union pres has been playing golf if that tells you anything
Is this the place where people hide behind a computer insult everything and everybody, and then go to work and say Hi to everybody? Come On Guys!!!!!!! If you would be working at lets say Autonation, Caterpillar or Walmart, you would not have any expectations except to go to work and go home and make a subpar paycheck. The CBA is negotiated and there are good things about it and some c-appy things too. I don't think that the contract is the thing that really upsets the majority of people here on this forum. I think its the lack of respect and lack of personal and professional gradification one gets working at AT&T. You don't feel valued regardless of how much you give the company, your never given any positive reinforcement in this god forsaken place. The Union gets a lot of this pent up frustration in meetings and in the work centers, its almost like working at the postoffice, if not identical. Please don't take your frustration out on co workers and stewards and the union officers that do spend a lot of time , on and off the clock to help with all of these issues. We got good and bad ones but all this c-ap is not the unions doing. ATT upper management doesn't give rats a– about its managers or its techs. Thats is the culture and the attitudes that are manifesting themselves here on this forum. If we go and just rip each other here anonymously, is it really the "Company" or it employees who are the problem?
Sometimes I wonder if the Union doesn't work with the Company behind the scenes.
Union - Okay, we'll call a strike for a few weeks to look like we're fighting the good fight. The company will then save X amount of money while the strike is ongoing. After a few weeks the company will offer slightly better contract terms ( that we already negotiated ahead of time ) to include the token pay raise. Anything else other than the raise and / or headcount is irrelevant to the Union.
The Union wins because member pay raises translate into Union pay raises because dues are a percentage of pay. They could care less if more and more of your money has to go towards paying that healthcare premium increase that's going to come with the new contract.
The company wins because they'll end up sticking everyone with higher healthcare costs and a contract expiration date that doesn't coincide with any other region to ensure any threat of a strike is effectively toothless.
The only ones who don't win are the members / employees themselves.
These are the things I think about when I read those survey questions like:
On a scale of 1 - 10, how likely are you to recommend AT&T as a fabulous place to work ?
There will be no strike. This is just a game the company and the union play to make it look like the union is fighting really hard for their members. Which they are not.
When the two sides feel they've been out of contract long enough to fool the workers, the union will present a package that improves nothing for a member vote. Then, even when the majority of members vote no, the contract will magically pass and it will be back to business as usual.
They will never strike. Expect to be out at least a year or more without a contract. Honestly, D3 will be better off without a contract because whatever comes next will be worse than what you have now, especially if you are in construction. They will be looking to eliminate Article 14.
The company has contractors on standby who need to be paid whether the union strikes or not. It costs them more if the union membership continues working without a contract.
Strike? I think not, since nobody the last ten years has been taught how to prepare to go on strike. It takes years of special savings accounts so has to have money to live on while not working. Has’nt been a strike against AT&T in years, and that won’t change. Expect contract very similar to the last 4 that have been ratified. Pay is made retroactive to contract date or last day of expired contract. Best just to wait it out and not get excited. You will get your 3% raise and 25% increase in healthcare cost just like all the rest.
Is this your first rodeo? This happens every contract. You’ll still get a c-ap contract, forget about striking that ain’t happening and as far as back pay goes you’ll maybe get a percentage of it back taxed.
I went on permanent strike by myself a few months ago. Now I’m happy again