The company has once again reached out directly to employees about negotiations. Am I missing something, are they supposed to be contacting employees or not? It makes no sense....
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“I like my parents. They brought me into this world and raised me.‘’
You must be one of those who still lives off your boomer parents. Are they raising your kids and paying for their college too?
Unions are only for boomers and the Gen X ones who actually like their parents
I like my parents. They brought me into this world and raised me.
You have issues. Please get help.
Why wouldn't they be in possession of a company owned device, they are still technically employed and are still responsible for all company owned property.
In the West, Craft employees can access hronestop outside of work through the Internet but (there are many sections the system won't allow us to access.
Other than HROnestop we're not supposed to access any other systems off the clock. Even phone calls from management or dispatch to our personal devices results in charging the company two hours of pay.
My work group was told to leave all company property on our desks if a work stoppage is called.
Our manager told us to take our company cell phones with us.
"The realm question is: Why would union employees be in possession of company devices when on strike?"
Are we in a different realm? Why wouldn't they be in possession of a company owned device, they are still technically employed and are still responsible for all company owned property. If it were to come up missing, that's a whole other can of worms to have to deal with. Also, employees still have access to HROneStop, where the same thing can be viewed without a company owned device.
I’m able to pay my bills this month. How about you?
I'm fine and good to go for months. Thanks for asking.
It a violation when contacting union employees no matter what the device, read the rules in collective bargaining and ULP actions.
That's where you're wrong. They're company owned devices. They can do as they wish.
The realm question is: Why would union employees be in possession of company devices when on strike?
Nobody forced anyone into “engineer” which majority are really just planners because they don’t have real engineering degrees or past the qualifications and test to be a PE.
Also level 32 numbers have decreased every year due to attrition or layoffs, the company isn’t hiring in those titles anymore. Any postings is just a reshuffling of assets because when a transfer happens, that employee moves to new location and their old position rarely ever gets back-filled.
It a violation when contacting union employees no matter what the device, read the rules in collective bargaining and ULP actions. Tampering and going behind the union bargaining representative. The company is only supposed to deal directly with the union reps, period!
Dang, wage scale 32 be making more than engineers! Which jobs are those and how do I partake?
“If you aren't a CWA member you can scab all you want.”
I’m able to pay my bills this month. How about you? Scab that means nothing to me. At least I’m working. Unions are only for boomers and the Gen X ones who actually like their parents. The rest of us live in the real world.
If my true employer contacts me, that’s who I’m answering too.
If you aren't a CWA member you can scab all you want.
Am I missing something, are they supposed to be contacting employees or not?
AT&T is free to send out emails and text messages to company owned devices.
It's a ULP violation if they send those messages to personal email addresses and phone numbers.
T is who hired you. T is actually the one who pays your wages and benefits. The union is a third party who has put me out of work. If my true employer contacts me, that’s who I’m answering too. What I’ve learned from this horrible experience is how high the level of entitlement is with my co-workers. Not brothers or sisters. Wow!! You would get fired so fast in the real world.
google CWA District 3 This is the latest CWA proposal. https://cwad3.org/system/files/2024-09/att_se_bargaining_report_65.pdf
Section on Service observing is interesting - I used to be in a call center so I got a kick out this one.
The union is just trying to stop bad faith bargaining and the below listed AT&T final offer is deceptive because it doesn’t include all the low lights. Like massive healthcare employee cost and other work rule issues. Don’t let the shiny coin distract you from the real issues, stop ULP actions AT&T and bargain in good faith. Let’s get this done and quit disrupting our customers and employees lives, both non and bargained.
That is informational, it is fine...especially if the Union Negotiators are not passing information on.
How does our final offer improve your wages?
To: Southeast machine operators and their leaders up to level 6
As we shared this week, we made a final offer to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 3 in the Southeast that we believe is compelling and in the best interest of our employees, their families, and our company.
We want to make sure you are getting the full picture of what we’ve proposed. And we realize that a large part of the offer is how it affects you financially.
For employees who are receiving the maximum pay on the wage scale (top step), if ratified, the highly competitive market-based offer would provide compounded wage increases of nearly 18% over 5 years. You will feel the boost right away as this includes an immediate 5% increase upon ratification.
Each year of the agreement, employees would receive the following general wage increases:
Effective upon ratification: 5%
Effective Sept. 7, 2025: 3%
Effective Sept. 6, 2026: 3%
Effective Sept. 5, 2027: 3.25%
Effective Sept. 3, 2028: 2.5%
The table below demonstrates that when an employee receives the pay rate increase in the first year, they continue to benefit from that increase in future years. Taking wage increases into consideration, an employee earning $51,000 would see $29,400 of additional cumulative wages during the life of the contract.
We ask you to carefully consider this information, along with the other details in the offer, and urge CWA leadership to give you the chance to vote on it so your voice can be heard.
For more information on how you and your family will benefit from this proposal, you can review the final offer highlights document here.
You can also visit the Southeast bargaining site on HR OneStop for all the offer details, FAQs, and more – and it can be accessed from work or personal devices.
Is this enough information?
Do you have more details about this?
No, it’s in violation of collective bargaining but they don’t think the rules apply to Second Class employees.