AT&T Ratifies Agreements with Communications Workers of America

(Reuters) – Telecom operator AT&T (NYSE:T) on Friday ratified agreements with the Communications Workers of America in the Southeast and West, covering about 23,000 employees across eleven states.

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

In August, over 17,000 AT&T employees, including technicians and customer service representatives, went on strike to protest unfair labor practices affecting the installation, maintenance, and support of AT&T's residential and business wireline telecommunications network.

Additionally, wire technicians and utility operations professionals from the Southeast are set to receive an extra 3% wage boost under the Infrastructure bill, according to the union's statement.

In September, the union informed the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that it would no longer participate in mediation, citing that the operator was using it as "another delaying tactic."