Communications Workers Of America Ratify Agreement Covering AT&T Wireline Employees In Midwest

DALLAS, June 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced that wireline employees represented by the Communications Workers of America have voted to ratify a three-year contract for the AT&T Midwest region.

The tentative agreement was reached May 13 and was unanimously endorsed by the CWA bargaining committee that spent over nine weeks working with the company's bargaining team to reach a fair agreement.

The agreement covers about 12,000 employees in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. It is retroactive to April 12, 2015.

More information will be posted as it is available at www.att.com/corewirelinebargaining.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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Reliability and signal strength claims based on nationwide carriers' LTE. Signal strength claim based ONLY on avg. LTE signal strength. LTE not available everywhere.

*Global coverage claim based on offering voice and LTE data roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offering the most wireless smartphones and tablets that work in the most countries.

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