Thread regarding AT&T Inc. layoffs

It's a good thing that the health insurance is so cheap. (Ha ha!). Wait 'til you retire and your insurance (if you get any) eats up your pension ( if you get any?). The reason why the country isn't doing as well as it should is because of companies like this! They are homegrown terrorists, just like the banks, Wall Street, and the politicians who allow it to happen. Pretty soon it will be rich people complaining even more when there is no middle class to pay all the taxes and do all the work.

Scrapped hand? Must be management, can't spell - no sympathy. Popped knee - do you realize the average age of the AT&T employee after all the layoffs. We are not that young, and we still get the job done!

Somebody from the department of labor does something? Not my experience. Totally useless, they seem to work for the company.

It's nothing new. I worked outside for BellSouth before AT&T bought us and if you got hurt and reported it , you were written up for safety violations no matter how it happened. I'm in mgmt now, but all you Union haters should try carrying a 30foot extension ladder in the rain.

Firstly, the CWA is for the corporation, not their members, It would be set to make enormous sums on the management fees and for arranging contracts with various health insurers. Second, the CWA will directly profit from imposing cuts and the rationing of health care to its members for the company.

Another aspect driving both the company and the union to cut health care costs is the imposition of the so-called “Cadillac Tax” in 2018. Passed as part of Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the tax is imposed on companies that provide workers with what the government considers too costly benefits. Its purpose is to force companies to cut health care benefits.

In keeping the workers at work and imposing one concessions contract after another, the CWA and IBEW leadership is seeking to prove their usefulness as a second layer of management. Allied with the Obama administration, the unions are also doing everything they can to prevent a unified struggle of telecom workers with hundreds of thousands of autoworkers, steelworkers, teachers and US Postal Service workers whose contracts have already expired or are about to expire.

The union tale, is not just about representation, the management folks also have big problems, I hope you don't get sick ..ever!!!!, you may not have a job when you comeback to work. just line our union jobs, ATT has become increasingly efficient at getting rid of veterans, pretty much older workers.

ATT is a Prime Example of How Big Business Has Colluded with Government to Wipe Out America's Middle Class, with massive and constant layoffs. They have thousands of jobs openings which are never filled, tax credits and state reimburments have a lot to do with such behaviour, corrupt HR representatives, and corporate lawyers looking for ways to reduce benefits and offshoring thousands of jobs, while Legislators have been bleeding the next two generations of Americans dry by pouring money into corporations that are building in overseas locations to avoid paying taxes.

BS. You should see the types of injuries that are reported. "Knee popped while standing up", "Scrapped hand on metal door.", "Hit elbow while reaching for tool. "' etc, etc. It's ridiculous and disgusting what some of these union employees are reporting as injuries.

What do you expect, unions are paid by the employer, in this case Is AT&T. Just pay your dues and hope for the best