News on Communications Workers of America

AT&T workers in Southeast ratify union contract

2010-03-06T00:30:18Z

<div id="subtitle">AT&T workers ratify union contract covering about 30,000 employees in the Southeast</div><div><p>AT&T Inc. said Friday that its employees approved a new three-year contract covering about 30,000 workers in the Southeast.</p><p>The new pact calls for pay and pension increases over the next three years and cash payments tied to the company's financial performance but also higher health care premiums.</p><p>The deal ...

NBC, Comcast CEO'S Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

2010-02-25T09:31:19Z

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 25: Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, listens to testimony from Larry Cohen (R) president of Communications Workers of America during a House Judiciary Com...

AT&T, labor union reach tentative contract deal

2010-02-23T16:07:29Z

<div id="subtitle">AT&amp;T, labor union reach tentative contract agreement for thousands of AT&amp;T employees</div><div><p>AT&amp;T Inc. said Monday that it came to a tentative agreement in wireline contract negotiations with the Communications Workers of America in AT&amp;T's southeast region, which includes 3...

New Era Cap Co. going from 3 plants to 1

2010-02-24T03:07:53Z

<div id="subtitle">New Era Cap Co. closing some facilities, consolidating others; Economy to blame</div><div><p>New Era Cap Co., which supplies Major League baseball players and celebrities, said Thursday that low consumer demand is forcing the consolidation of its U.S. manufacturing operations fr...

German union to represent T-Mobile USA workers

2010-02-24T03:36:41Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and German labor leaders announced a transatlantic alliance on Wednesday aimed at persuading Germany's giant Deutsche Telekom AG to allow collective bargaining at its subsidiary, T-Mobile workers</div><div><p>Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA.</p>&l...

Qwest to save $100 million via pension, pay freeze

2010-02-24T10:54:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Qwest to save $100M by stopping contributions to management pensions; freezing manager pay</div><div><p>Fiber-optic network provider Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it will save about $100 million by stopping contributions to the pension plans of active managers and freezing their pay.</...

Correction: AT&T labor story

2010-02-25T19:12:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: AT&amp;T labor story</div><div><p>In an Aug. 16 story about AT&amp;T agreeing on a new contract with 8,900 employees, The Associated Press erroneously reported that members of the Communications Workers of America had earlier r...

AT&T reaches deal with some electrical workers

2010-02-25T19:35:25Z

<div id="subtitle">AT&amp;T reaches tentative agreement with union covering 8,900 core wireline employees</div><div><p>AT&amp;T Inc. said Sunday it reached tentative agreement with a union covering about 8,900 of its electrical workers on new contract terms.</p><p>The deal with the California and Nevada, the telecommunications company said Monday.</p><p>The previous contrac...

AT&T, union reach tentative contract deal

2010-02-26T09:07:25Z

<div id="subtitle">AT&amp;T and union reach tentative deal for 18,500 workers after long negotiations</div><div><p>AT&amp;T Inc. and its largest union have tentatively agreed on a new contract for 18,500 employees in the Midwest.</p><p>Leaders of the Communications Workers of America, which has gone t...

AT&T in initial labor pact for Midwest

2010-02-26T09:06:03Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc &lt;T.N&gt; has reached a tentative labor agreement with the Communications Workers of America covering 18,500 workers in the telecom service provider's Midwest region, the parties said ...

Labor Dept. alleges improprieties in CWA election

2010-02-26T19:02:50Z

<div id="subtitle">US Labor Dept. files suit seeking to void result of union election involving NJ's Carla Katz</div><div><p>The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the Communications Workers of America over alleged ...

AT&T proposes labor deal for 27,000 workers

2010-02-27T11:13:46Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc &lt;T.N&gt; said on Wednesday it had given its "best and final" offer for a labor agreement covering about 9 percent of its employees whose contract has expired.</p><p>AT&amp;T said the offer to the 27,000 Communications Workers of America ...

AT&T and union talks continue past deadline

2010-03-03T08:11:54Z

<div id="subtitle">AT&T-union negotiations continue past strike deadline, but union says sides still far apart</div><div><p>AT&amp;T and unions for its landline workers were working past a strike deadline Sunday to try to reach agreement on a new contract.</p><p>Core wireline contracts across the country expired at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, but union-represented employees covered by those contracts con...

Correction: AT&T-Labor story

2010-03-03T22:49:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: AT&T-Labor story</div><div><p>In a March 23 story about labor talks at AT&amp;T Inc., The Associated Press, relying on information from the Communications Workers of America, erroneously reported that 88 percent of union member...

AT&T hopes to gain concessions from unions

2010-03-03T16:23:41Z

<div><p>AT&amp;T Inc., the largest employer of union labor in the country, is renegotiating contracts that cover 112,500 workers and looks set to take advantage of the recession to reduce its health care costs.</p><p>Five regional union contracts expire on April 4. A sixth that expires a few months later is being negotiated at the same time.</p><p>The last time this batch of contracts was up for negotiati...

Union members authorize strike at AT&T Mobility

2010-03-02T04:53:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Union members authorize strike at AT&T Mobility; contract expires Saturday</div><div><p>Unionized workers at AT&amp;T Inc.'s wireless unit have authorized a strike, the Communications Workers of America said Friday.</p><p>The strike authorization is a routine move in the process of ...

Qwest reaches tentative agreement with union

2010-02-28T03:41:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Qwest Communications reaches tentative agreement with union representing 20,000 employees</div><div><p>Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees.</p><p>The company made the ...