DALLAS, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T*
today announced that a tentative agreement has been reached by its
subsidiaries with the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers System Council T-3 in wireline contract negotiations.
The five-year agreement covers nearly 5,000 wireline employees
primarily in Illinois and
Northwest Indiana. The
IBEW-represented employees covered by the agreement are members of
IBEW Local 21 in Illinois and
Northwest Indiana, and other IBEW
locals spread across the country.
The agreement will be submitted to the union's membership for a
vote in coming days.
The two sides agreed to start negotiations early. The current
contract expires on June 24,
2017.
Including this agreement, AT&T has reached 29 labor
agreements since 2015, collectively covering over 128,000
employees.
Separate from the agreement, the company also announced it will
hire 1,000 people into IBEW-represented jobs in the next five
years, including a new call center in Chicago.
AT&T has a longstanding good relationship with the IBEW in
the Midwest, and worked with the union to bring work opportunities
to the IBEW. It's an example of what can be achieved when the two
sides work together, and the company appreciates the work of the
IBEW's leadership team to make this possible. In addition, the
economic environment fostered by the current administration in
Washington is conducive to adding
jobs.
More information will be posted on http://www.att.com/bargaining
as it is available.
*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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*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 Q3+Q4 2016
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