DALLAS, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has
reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of
America (CWA) in negotiations covering CWA-represented former
DIRECTV field services employees in four states.
The agreement covers nearly 280 employees in Delaware, Maryland, New
Mexico and Oregon, and will
place the employees into an appendix to an existing labor
contract.
In addition to this agreement, AT&T has reached, and
union-represented employees ratified, 17 different labor agreements
in 2016 and 2017 collectively covering over 61,000 employees. That
includes 10 agreements covering nearly 7,800 former DIRECTV
employees.
More information will be posted on http://www.att.com/bargaining
as it is available.
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brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. And
we offer the best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider.**
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*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network
Score. Score includes data reported by wireless consumers in the
Nielsen Mobile Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen
Mobile Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q2+Q3 2016
across 121 markets.
**Global coverage claim based on offering discounted
voice and data roaming; LTE roaming; and voice roaming in more
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