AT&T Seeks Dismissal of CWA Layoffs Lawsuit

Dismiss union workers’ challenge of AT&T Southwest layoffs, AT&T and DirecTV urged in a Friday motion (in Pacer) at U.S. District Court in Austin. "Plaintiff has failed to exhaust all contractual remedies available under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement, including but not limited to grievance and arbitration,” AT&T and DirecTV said in a separate joint answer (in Pacer). Communications Workers of America District 6, covering workers in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, seeks an injunction to reinstate jobs of laid-off employees and a jury trial (see 1801030033).