Appendix for CWA/AT&T 2005 Contract
2005 CWA/AT&T Contract
News for Legacy T - Relay Members
Bargaining: CWA and AT&T
A tentative agreement reached.
December 11, 2005 8:25 PM
The CWA, IBEW and AT&T Corp. reached a tentative agreement today on a new
Contract. The CWA Bargaining Team feels that a lot of progress was made on the key
issues facing our members, including job security. We were able to hold back the
company assault on the benefits that our members fought so hard for.
These reflect some of the changes in the new Contact in the National language.
Tomorrow we will report on changes in the Articles. A meeting will be held with the
Local Presidents to explain all the changes and a full bargaining report will be mailed to
each member with the ratification vote.
The Contract expires on April 4, 2009.
Wages:
- December 10, 2005 3.0%
- December 10, 2006 3.0%
- December 9, 2007 2.5%
- December 7, 2008 2.25%
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Pensions:
“Traditional Pension” Band increases
- 6.0% effective January 1, 2006
- 5.0% effective January 1, 2008
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Cash Balance Pension Band Credit increases
- 6.0% effective January 1, 2006
- 5.0% effective January 1, 2008
Cash Balance Interest Credits:
Effective January 1, 2006, for the duration of the agreement the
interest crediting rates applicable to the Cash Balance Accounts
will be 4%.
Job Security
A broad range of agreements were reached to protect our members’ jobs. These include:
- An agreement that, prior to an employee being laid off, the Company must offer a
position within AT&T Inc. If a job is not offered, the employee cannot be laid off.
- A successorship clause
- An agreement to bring a portion of our consumer work back from the Philippines
to our CWA represented locations.
- Approximately 200 Term positions will be made permanent in the CNSC and
there is a new letter prohibiting use of term employees for permanent
assignments.
- Process to return work that was contracted out in the Network and E.F.I back into
bargaining unit jobs.
- Jobs in several different business units (including Business) will be brought back
into the bargaining unit from managers and subcontractors.
- In Business Enterprise Worldwide Customer Service and Business Enterprise
Sales and Service units the company committed not to use contractors for a
minimum of 6 months after a VTP offer. In Network Operations, they will not use
a contractor doing essentially the same function for minimum of 4 months after a
VTP offer in a geographic area.
- Card check.
Active and Retired Employee, Medical Benefits
- No changes in the plan in 2006. No additional out-of-pocket for the
retirees in 2006.
- No premiums shall be charged for the life of the agreement.
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Beginning in January 2007:
- There are some increases in Plan deductibles in the nonnetwork
Point-of-service plan; medical co-payments (for
example $20 for each doctor’s office visit, $75 for an
emergency room visits (non-admit)); out of pocket maximums,
and prescription drug co-pays.
- There will be a new deductible of $50 for retail prescription
drugs.
- Maintenance medications must be filled by mail order after the
second refill.
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- There are some other plan changes that will be discussed in the full bargaining report.
- There are other provisions of this that will be discussed in the full bargaining report.
- Alliance will be funded for $10 million a year.
- 28 scholarships will continue to be funded.
- Family Care Development Fund funded at $500,000 a year.
- Improvements in the APA.
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Congratulations AT&T Members!
AT&T Bargaining Reports are now on the CWA-COMTECH and CWA National web site.
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