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AT&T Payroll Change Effective January 2007 |
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
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A Stipulation to the CWA/AT&T 2005 Contract has been agreed to by the Union and the Company concerning the movement of approximately 7000 AT&T employees, currently paid weekly, to bi-weekly pay. The Company approached the Union because “SBC’s” employees are all paid bi-weekly, thus having a separate weekly payroll system for AT&T Corp employees, which caused SBC to incur an added expense.
After many discussions between the Company and the Union, as well as constant consultation with the elected Bargaining Committee, the Union negotiated a Stipulation to the 2005 Agreement, Click here to view the stipulation . The Union felt that it was necessary to both make sure there was some extra money to help people through the transition; and since the Company wanted this so strongly, use the opportunity to address some of the other issues that remained after 2005 bargaining. Through this process, the Union was able to:
· Fix some problems with the JOG process;
· Get some improvements for the Article 45 and 46 employees which will not only help them but also make it easier to organize the remaining LNS employees;
· Make the 1 hour EWD part of the Contract without having to bargain it locally;
· Extend the old SBC Scholarship Program and Service Anniversary Program to AT&T Corp. employees, in addition to several other items.
Since the payroll change will not go into effect until January of 2007, there is enough time available for people to financially prepare for the transition and take Alliance Financial Planning courses, if necessary, to help them manage this financial change. Our feeling was that we should try to get as much for this change as we possibly could and not risk the Company imposing it if we reached impasse in bargaining over this issue.
To read the entire Stipulation: Click here to view the stipulation
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