SBC Workers Approve A 5 Year Contract
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
SBC Communications workers represented by
the Communications Workers of America have approved a new five-year
contract.
The union says workers voted by an 85-to-15 margin to ratify the
deal reached in late May after a brief walkout in SBC`s 13-states
local-service area.
The deal increases wages and pensions, preserves health benefits
and enhances job security.
The contract covers about 100,000 workers for San
Antonio-based SBC. The workers staged a four-day strike, which
included picket lines in downtown Little Rock, when months of
negotiations came to a standstill.
