Communications Workers of America Vote to Ratify Agreement Covering Former DIRECTV Employees in Seven States

DALLAS, Feb. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Leadership of the Communications Workers of America has notified AT&T* that former DIRECTV tech support employees in seven states have voted to ratify an agreement between the CWA and the company.

The agreement, which was reached on January 30, covers about 500 employees in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, and Tennessee, and places the employees into an existing labor contract. The former DIRECTV employees joined AT&T as part of AT&T's July 2015 acquisition of DIRECTV.

AT&T reached, and union-represented employees ratified, 16 different labor agreements in 2016, collectively covering nearly 61,000 employees. That included nine agreements covering nearly 7,300 former DIRECTV employees.

*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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^*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score includes data reported by wireless consumers in the Nielsen Mobile Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen Mobile Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q2+Q3 2016 across 121 markets.

^**Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and data roaming; LTE roaming; and voice roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier. International service required. Coverage not available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country and be limited/restricted in some countries.

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