SBC`s Union Upset With Company`s Latest Contract Offer
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The union representing SBC`s 100-thousand
employees says it`s disappointed with the company`s latest contract
offer.
The Communications Workers of America expressed frustration
yesterday with the pace of negotiations with the nation`s Number
Two local-phone company. The CWA also expressed "extreme
disappointment" with SBC`s latest proposal.
San Antonio-based SBC says talks were continuing and hadn`t
hit an impasse.
The union could still call a strike with 24 hours` notice. The
Dallas Morning News reports CWA president Morton Bahr is
scheduled to talk later today with local union leaders from across
SBC`s 13-state service area, which includes Arkansas.
SBC`s old contract with the CWA expired on April Third.
Health care costs and job security issues have been sticking points
for three months in the talks.
The CWA last struck what was then Southwestern Bell in 1983.
