AT&T reaches tentative agreement after strike for better pay, benefits

CHARLOTTE — AT&T has reached a tentative agreement with the union Communications Workers of America after a strike for better pay and benefits.

Channel 9 previously reported on the thousands of AT&T workers that went on strike across the southeast.

AT&T says it has reached a new union contract for the next five years. It covers about 15,000 employees with a 19% raise. Healthcare premiums will also go down for part of the deal.

AT&T COO Jeff McElfresh released the following statement:

“We are pleased to announce that we’ve reached 2 tentative agreements with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The first is in District 9 in the West, which comes within days of getting back to the negotiating table to constructively reach a new deal. The second is in District 3 in the Southeast, bringing the work stoppage to an end Sept. 16. As we’ve said since day 1, our goal has been to reach fair agreements that recognize the hard work our employees do to serve our customers with competitive market-based pay and benefits that are among the best in the nation – and that’s exactly what was accomplished. These agreements also support our competitive position in the broadband industry where we can grow and win against our mostly non-union competitors. We’ll provide more details about the tentative agreements once the CWA shares them with its members, and we expect the ratification votes to happen in the coming weeks.”

Work is expected to resume on Monday.

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