CWA District 9/AT&T West Bargaining Bulletin #68 Friday, June 26, 2009

 Since our last report, we have been working on Employment Security, Prem Tech, and Health Care issues. We are still very far apart on those key items. While progress has been made on some portions of the contract, there will be no settlement without a lot more movement.

Meanwhile, local leaders and activists from District 9 converged on Capitol Hill this week and met with Senators and Congressmen from California, Hawaii and Nevada. Our elected leaders got an earful from CWA activists about how a profitable company like AT&T, which should be leading the way out of this recession, was instead, further eroding middle class jobs.

On Thursday, while 10,000 Union members from many unions, including 3,000 red-shirted CWA members, demonstrated at our Nation's Capitol for real health care reform, your bargaining committee was fighting to protect our health care at the bargaining table. The more we bargain, the more the need for a national solution becomes obvious.

Now it's your turn to get involved. CWA is holding a "Hands Off My Health Care" rally at the California State Capitol next Wednesday, July 1st. Sign up now to join your brothers and sisters at this important event:

http://www.unionvoice.org/cwafunds/events/handsoffhealthcare/register.tcl

What: "Hands Off My Health Care" Rally

When: Wednesday, July 1st 12:00-1:00pm

Where: State Capitol North Steps, Sacramento, CA

STRIKE STANDBY DAY 83!

IN UNITY,

Tom Runnion

William B. Harvey

Lupe Mercado

Bill Demers

Pam Suniga

Art Gonzalez