CWA members mobilize for AT&T contract campaigns

The AT&T contract with workers in its wireless operations expired Feb. 7. The AT&T contract with workers in its traditional long-distance operations will expire April 4.

Local 7250 members staged an informational picket Feb. 14 at an AT&T wireless store in Roseville.

“We will be doing some more store actions,” reported Shari Wojtowicz, Local 7250 president.

“This contract for the mobility workers isn’t about wages,” she said. “It’s about respect on the job and better working conditions.”

Wojtowicz said CWA wants to work with AT&T to design jobs that provide career paths at AT&T, not just jobs.

CWA Local 7250 represents about 250 workers at AT&T wireless retail stores in Minnesota and another 350 members in a five-state region who work with AT&T long distance services.

CWA Local 7200 represents about 550 AT&T wireless call center workers and about 120 long distance operators.

The two locals will observe the April 4 expiration of the AT&T long distance contract with a solidarity event that evening from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight at the CWA Local 7200 hall, 3521 East Lake St., Minneapolis. The family-oriented event will feature food and activities for children as members count down the final hours of the contract.

Reprinted from the Minneapolis Labor Review.