AT&T ratifies agreement with CWA union

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Updated Fri, October 18, 2024 

(Reuters) -Telecom operator AT&T (T) on Friday ratified agreements with the Communications Workers of America in the Southeast and West, w hich covers about 23,000 employees across eleven states.

The union said workers in the West will receive wage increases of at least 15% over the course of the new four-year collective bargaining agreement while those in the Southeast will get over 19% hikes during the new five-year agreement.

In August, over 17,000 employees at the company — including technicians and customer service representatives, and others who install, maintain and support AT&T's residential and business wireline telecommunications network — went on strike in August to protest unfair labor practices.

Wire technicians and utility operations professionals from the Southeast will receive an additional 3% wage boost under the Infrastructure bill, the union said in a statement.

In September, the union informed the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that it would no longer be a part of the mediation as the operator was using it as "another delaying tactic."

(Reporting by Urvi Dugar; Editing by Alan Barona)