AT&T earnings have been strong and the company is performing up to expectations. The Legacy T portion of the company has been operating at below what the Union considers adequate force levels due to past lay-offs. Yesterday we shared an article with you that demonstrated that AT&T is having difficulty meeting Connecticut state repair commitments and is now under investigation. It is our opinion that this is not the only state in the country where this is occurring.

We have pointed out to the company at numerous meetings that that they are operating at a critically low level of occupational personnel to meet their productivity and performance requirements. We all know how overloaded the bargaining unit workforce is and it was just a matter of time before AT&T’s customers would feel the crunch. This has not halted AT&T’s past short-term profit driven decisions to reduce employee levels in the Bargaining Unit.

As AT&T continues to consolidate its mergers, we will have to wait and see what effect this will have on the Bargaining Unit across the company. We hope the company will temper their short-term profit driven strategy and decide to keep employing what is left of a highly qualified and dedicated workforce at Legacy T. This decision will ensure that AT&T’s customer base will be retained and it will create opportunities to grow its base due to the quality of service the Bargaining Unit provides each and every day of the year.

Now that would be long-term strategy that would work.

In unity there is strength.