CWA Ratifies Contracts with AT&T Southeast, West

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2024 – Communications Workers of America members ratified new contracts at AT&T Southeast and AT&T West, the union announced Friday.

The contracts included “significant improvements to overtime and scheduling practices” in both regions, the union said. Workers in California and Nevada covered by the West contract will see at least a 15 percent wage bump over the next four years, and workers in the Southeast will receive a 19 percent raise over the next five years. Wire technicians in the Southeast will get an additional 3 percent wage increase on top of that.

The deal comes after 17,000 CWA members went on strike for 30 days across the Southeast into September. Union leadership authorized a 8,500-worker strike in the West as well, but ultimately did not call for a work stoppage there.'