Admittedly I am not in the room, but I have been trying to keep up with the different positions on key items. The union wants to flatten the zones to one, but doesn’t it cost much more to live in certain areas? They don’t want the healthcare costs... — read more 

That is all. You’ve pi---d off management and non management alike through your incompetence pertaining to getting contracts signed , sealed , and delivered. You’ve squandered a terrific, knowledgeable, and loyal employee base through such... — read more 

Isn't this when Emperor Palpatine initiated the master plan to destroy the jedi? Thanks for the pictures guys, they are really letting us know that we're still getting paid and you guys are going broke. Nothing new to report

So Why is the Company saying the contract is for 15k employees when the CWA site keeps saying 17k? Someone’s not right on this? I would think the company knows how many employees they have, but why wouldn’t the union?

Looks as if Invest 91L will be about 75mph Wed. headed right up the wazoo between Houston and New Orleans. The cone is closer to NOLA with projected path N into La/Ms into Tenn. All you inexperienced non bargained employees need to understand the... — read more 

The common employee issues and frustrations are from the following people of interest; BOD, Stankey, Execs and Randall the Vandal, let’s stay FOCUSED! *Who put the company in historical debt? *Who disempowered employees? *Who created a toxic... — read more 

It's Sunday evening. Just got off the phone with the family. Being stuck here is not what I envisioned working for AT&T. Both the weather and job su-k.

I see where DTV announced a rate hike starting next month. Dropping major programming and hiking subscription price? Who comes up with this strategy?

This isn’t news but I only learned about this yesterday. If you Google AT&T pension, there are many articles and blog posts about it. AT&T recently sold their pension fund to an insurance company called Athene. Athene now holds over $12 billion in... — read more 

Supply Chain looking to unload legacy landline operations and attaching DIRECTV holdings to sweeten the deal. How many employees in landline?

The longer the strike lasts, the more validation there will be for large manager cuts having minimal impact. Remaining managers will be able to cover with overtime.

It’s ridiculous that so many posters think this is a fight between union and management. The only management posting here are the ones scr3ded into a cp assignment. The folks at the top are reading this and laughing about how you are doing exactly... — read more 

What’s next, Strike while trying to get the company to stop bad faith and return for negotiations? A ULP charge has been filed on AT&T 9/5 https://www.nlrb.gov/case/21-CA-349786

Flying outside of work hours? Law requires that you are compensated from the time you leave your door up until you enter your hotel room. This includes both flying to and from your home state. This is a new change in 2021, a change the company... — read more 

After the rain moves out of Fl it looks like Invest 91L has taken sights on the Tx, La. border. It shows to move in through S La into N La or N through Ms. CP's should be ready to move. Updates will follow.

Several large fires already reported. I hope they ordered n95 masks and coveralls for the CP team.

What’s Stankey’s plan to ULP them too and add more to the strike line? The house went from smoking to catching fire 🔥

A portion of the 2025 bonus for those called up on contingency assignments should be based on how prepared a manager was on Day One of the strike assignment.

Looks like maybe general counsel has signed off on the charge. https://www.nlrb.gov/case/10-CA-347889

CP need of help here. Trying to complete a fiber migration but can't get sync for the uverse TV. Any suggestions?

100% honest question. Now, after the company made their "best and final" offer, and I assume they mean it or their words won't mean s... ever again, and the union rejected it, how will this play out? Will one of the parties be forced by the feds to... — read more 

If and when D9 joins D3 there will be 32k employees striking. Thats 1/3 of the company on strike and approximately 4k CP managers no longer fullfilling their day to day roles. What will be the results of this cluster they have created? Where is... — read more 

Setting up to be an interesting week.

Boot sales are about to go up this quarter with Stankey’s bad faith bargaining teams. A lot of unsuspecting managers are going to get an email giving directions for their new CP assignment. Office managers have already reported to the Atlanta... — read more 

"Faced with an inevitable vote among the workers, in Tennessee, California and Texas, CWA officials conceded defeat instead of facing a decertification vote" https://www.nrtw.org/news/att-national-decerts-09052024/

Rhetorical questions incoming….Isn’t it the goal of the CWA to negotiate a suitable contract for its members? If the members vote it down, what does that imply?

Been at my job (Corporate Store) as a Rep for 6 years, I resigned effective immediately. I have $18K saved, kind of scared but this company was destroying me, I used to be a top Rep, 160% attainment for 4 years, got tired of it tbh & now for the... — read more 

Let’s get this strike on, tired of Stankey and his ilk taking all the money like they own the company. Rigged game

The score is 3-1. Att has managed to get involved in a labor strike, a contract rejection and a blackout that includes major sports and children's programing all within 30 days. What happens at 60 days?

ATT, you’ve pi---d off EVERYONE with your thoughtless policies

Questions on this.. the situations these negotiations put humans with families and responsibilities outside of work in.. what is your work/life like now?

Better get the contracts done before your stock market masters fire you Stankey. Missing FCF guidance doesn’t look good for a ROI on the 3 million raise you just received. You’ve managed to pi-s everyone outside the c-suite. Besides the few company... — read more 

Third week out of work. Just subtract another 5-6 k from what you were demanding.

According to the Harvard Business Review, between 70% and 90% of mergers and acquisitions fail as "companies too often pay the wrong price and integrate the acquisition in the wrong way."

D9 voted down their TA by 58%. Managers may have a short reprieve.

Posted 15 minutes ago on D9 Facebook page. 58% voted no

Excerpt from a post on labornotes.org: A MORE PROTECTED STRIKE Another way to protect strikers is to attempt to position a walkout as an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike. As recently emphasized in a tweet by Jennifer Abruzzo, the new NLRB General... — read more 

We door dashed in our lunch today, too much rain to grill out. Heading to the store for some adult beverages and snacks for football games this weekend, glad I’m not on DTV or I’d be pi---d. Stay safe out there CP team, it was brutal where we are... — read more 

Buckle up.