AT&T, IBEW Agree to 5-Year Contract in Midwest
AT&T wireline workers in Illinois and northwest Indiana voted for a five-year contract, AT&T announced Friday. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 21 represented the 5,000 workers in negotiations to replace the existing contract that expires June 24.…
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The pact, announced in late April, addressed job security, healthcare, wages and post-retirement benefits (see 1704280048). Earlier in May, about 40,000 AT&T workers represented by the Communications Workers of America went on a three-day strike after contract talks broke down (see 1705220028).