AT&T Releases Details of Tentative Agreement in West Wireline Contract Negotiations

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AT&T Releases Details of Tentative Agreement in West Wireline Contract Negotiations

Dallas, Texas, February 26, 2013


AT&T* today provided details of a tentative agreement AT&T West reached Feb. 20 with the Communications Workers of America District 9 in wireline contract negotiations.

The three-year agreement covers more than 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada, and will be submitted to the CWA’s membership for a ratification vote in coming days.

The two sides reached the agreement through lengthy negotiations and recent mediation conducted under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).

The agreement would be effective as of April 8, 2012 and expire April 11, 2015.

The agreement includes general wage increases in each year of the contract -- 2.25 percent effective Oct. 1, 2012, 2.75 percent in 2013, and 3 percent in 2014. It includes a 1 percent pension band increase in each year of the contract for most employees, and an expansion to additional employees of a provision that provides qualified surplus employees a guaranteed job opportunity with AT&T. It maintains one of the most robust health care plans in the nation, with increases in employee contributions.

AT&T wireline employees represented by the CWA earlier ratified, on Aug. 17, three-year contracts for the Midwest region and AT&T Corp. (CWA Telecommunications and Technology Office); and on Dec. 7 a three-year contract for the Southeast region. These ratified agreements collectively cover about 40,000 AT&T wireline employees. In addition, AT&T Southwest and CWA District 6 on Feb. 6 reached a tentative four-year agreement covering about 20,000 employees; and AT&T Mobility and the CWA on Feb. 22 announced a tentative four-year agreement covering more than 20,000 employees in 36 states (including California and Nevada) and the District of Columbia.

More information will be posted as it is available at www.att.com/corewirelinebargaining

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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