Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) ratified agreements with AT&T that cover some 23,000 employees across 11 states. Over the life of the four-year agreement, workers in the West will receive wage increases of at least 15% and those in the Southeast will get more than 19%. Wire technicians and utility operations professionals from the Southeast will receive an additional 3% wage boost under the bipartisan infrastructure law. More than 17,000 workers secured the increases after engaging in an unfair labor practice strike in August.