DirecTV Workers Reach Labor Pacts With AT&T

AT&T reached tentative agreement with Communications Workers of America in contract talks covering about 280 DirecTV field services employees in Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico and Oregon, AT&T said in a Friday news release. The tentative agreement places employees into an appendix to an existing labor contract, the company said. CWA didn’t comment. Earlier last week, AT&T and the union ratified an agreement for 400 DirecTV technical service center workers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee, CWA said Tuesday. Bargaining on other AT&T labor contracts continued. AT&T wireless workers in 36 states have threatened to strike (see 1702090054), as have California and Nevada wireline workers (see 1612190050). An AT&T spokesman said the company resolved a separate dispute with Sacramento-based DirecTV workers who walked off the job after one was terminated (see 1702010027).