Communications Workers of America Vote To Ratify Agreements Covering Former DIRECTV Call Center Employees

DALLAS, Dec. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Leadership of the Communications Workers of America has notified AT&T* that former DIRECTV employees in five call centers have voted to ratify three agreements between the CWA and the Company.

The agreements cover about 2,000 employees working in call centers in Eden Prairie, MN; Englewood, CO; Huntington, WV; Huntsville, AL; and Tulsa, OK; and place the employees in three existing labor contracts.

Including these agreements, union-represented former DIRECTV employees have now ratified nine agreements with the CWA and IBEW this year. The nine agreements collectively cover nearly 8,000 former DIRECTV employees. Overall, AT&T has now reached 15 ratified union agreements this year, covering nearly 61,000 union-represented employees.

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