Throughout the AT&T system, workers are waiting for a domino effect to occur. How many long-time workers will retire now that the company and its unions continue approving deals to increase the number of new employees which are now NOT eligible for pension plan? How much movement will that create for workers in positions that are declared "surplus?" Will opportunities be available in AT&T facilities nearby, or will employees have to move long distances to remain with AT&T in jobs that, because they are unionized, pay wages that are hard to find these days?
No doubt, There's so much ambiguity, people are very nervous and our human resources departments had become a cesspool of corruption in the corporate body
Leaders of the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represent AT&T workers, are more than nervous. They're mad, they are disappointed that a healthy, profitable AT&T does not (any longer) equate to employment security.
The continuos stories of being laid off and taking jobs at other AT&T facilities, come and go, every quarter we are subject to surplus declarations, to only to find ourselves in the cold when downsizing hit our facilities.
many AT&T communications technicians in CA, , were notified two weeks ago that their jobs were being consolidated into a Denver office, a testament to technological advancements that are allowing AT&T to cut labor costs, while the CWA strike was quickly ended by " the same CWA cesspool of corruption".... pretty silly union we have