AT&T wireline employees affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Districtn9 voted down a three-year contract, AT&T said Thursday. The "very fair and reasonable" contract,nwhich would have covered 17,000 employees in California and Nevada, included increases in annualnwages and pension benefits, AT&T said in a statement. It's "unfortunate" that the employees did not ratifynthe contract, which "would have preserved excellent middle class careers," the telco said, saying it willn"continue to work to reach an agreement." CWA-affiliated employees previously approved contracts lastnyear and earlier this year with AT&T that covered 60,000 employees in the telco's Midwest, Southeast andnSouthwest divisions. CWA and AT&T Mobility agreed on a four-year contract Feb. 22 that covers morenthan 20,000 employees in 37 jurisdictions, including California and Nevada, AT&T said.
展开▼
