CWA/AT&T Midwest Bargaining Report #99

July 1, 2019 

Fighting Today…Focused on the Future! 

The Bargaining team is currently working on a detailed summary for the contract explanation meeting for Local Presidents, which will be held on Tuesday, July 9th. The detailed information will then be shared with membership. 

The following is a short summary of some highlights from the tentative agreement. 

· General Wage Increase of 10.50% for all titles covered in the Midwest agreement over the life of the agreement. 3% Retroactive from February 5th, 2019, 3% at ratification and 2.25% on April 12, 2020 and 2.25% on April 11, 2021. 

· 1% increase in each year of the agreement to Pension Bands (For a total of 4% over the term of the agreement), maintained BCB2 Pension plan for existing employees and new hires. 

· Maintained Traditional Health Care Plan and all ancillary benefits with 29% cost share for term of agreement. Moved 2015 new hires into the current employee plan, resulting in lower out of pocket costs for these individuals. 

· Protected Article 26 and associated MOA’s, including ESC and EEOP. 

· Improvements to Appendix A13 (Monitoring). 

· A commitment to increase headcount at Dayton and Southfield call centers by at least 50. 

· Maintained Appendix A6 (Success Sharing Plan). 

· Maintained all overtime provisions. 

· Maintained neutrality, card check and successorship language. 

· New letter on providing Paid Parental Leave. 

· Appendix F improvements including: seniority language under 7.03 (Force Adjustment), meal reimbursement without receipts, improvements in guaranteed personal time off, increased layoff notification and allowance, a commitment to discuss contracted out DirecTV work to address any planned future force reductions, and no change in job duties. 

· Appendix G will be merged into the main agreement. 

Your elected bargaining team and District 4 Vice President, Linda L. Hinton are in support of this agreement. 

In Solidarity, 

Your CWA District 4 Bargaining Team: 

Curt Hess 

Tina Culver 

Dan Frazier 

Kim Gallardo 

Tim Strong 

Greg Tennyson 

Jay Walther 

Ron Gay 

Mike Handley