CWA Wireless Workers at AT&T Reach New Agreement

Wireless workers at AT&T, represented by the Communications Workers of America, reached a tentative agreement for a new contract covering more than 7,000 employees in nine southeast states, CWA said Monday. The four-year contract “includes substantial raises to base wages with adjustments for inflation, job title upgrades, paid parental leave, improved overtime language, new stipends for work-from-home agents, enhanced job security protections, additional commuter benefits, increased severance payments, and more improvements,” CWA said. The states covered are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands, a spokesperson said.