The Union is very concerned about the theft of the AT&T Legacy T laptop even though AT&T is trying to minimize the potential damage that may occur. This laptop contains benefit plan information, including plan participant names and social security numbers of current employees and retiree’s in Legacy T.
 
According to the letter, the laptop was stolen from an employee of a professional services firm doing work for AT&T, in other words, a contractor.  It does not tell us when this occurred.  The letter assures us that the laptop was password protected and they have no evidence that the personal information has been, or will be, used for unauthorized purposes. I am amazed management can make this type of prediction, I guess where they live they have a better class of thief.
 
The Company is going to have to provide more information then what they  have included in their letter of notification.
 
What is the name of the "professional services firm" that was being used by at$t to do the benefits plan work?
 
Was the work being performed by the "professional services firm" being done by a contractor in the United States or was it outsourced to a foreign country?
 
Why has at$t entrusted this sensitive information to contractors?
 
How many contractors are walking around with laptops filled with our personal information?
 
These  are issues that must be used to demand that at$t return these jobs to the bargaining unit.  Only then can we be assured that at$t is serious about protecting their employee’s and retiree’s confidential information.