AT&T, CWA Reach Tentative Agreement on Healthcare Contract
AT&T Mobility reached tentative agreement on a healthcare contract with 42,000 union workers represented by Communications Workers of America, the organizations said Wednesday. CWA members must still vote to ratify the agreement. The process usually takes several weeks, with informational…
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meetings for members taking place ahead of the actual vote, a CWA spokeswoman emailed. Summarizing the proposed agreement, CWA highlighted reduced premium costs for 20,000 employees hired after 2014, lower rates for single employees with dependent children, popular HMO plans with lower contribution rates for Puerto Rico employees and a new “Option 2” plan with lower premium costs. AT&T won’t comment on details of the tentative agreement until it’s presented to CWA members for vote, the carrier said in a news release. Last month, CWA members refused to ratify a June tentative agreement (see 1607150027). The current benefits contract expires Dec. 31. CWA “accomplished our main goal, which was to put health care benefits bargaining back in the regional bargaining agreement process and to make health care affordable for all Mobility workers,” said CWA District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor in a statement. Wages, pension and work rules for union-represented Mobility employees are negotiated under separate contracts.