9,000 IBEW Workers, IBEW Local 21, Ratify New Contracts at AT&T

From the AFL-CIO Blog
9,000 IBEW Workers, Represented by IBEW Local 21, Ratify New Contracts at AT&T
by Belinda Boyce, Oct 5, 2009 http://blog.aflcio.org

IBEW, AT&T: Nearly 9,000 core wireline workers in Illinois and Indiana, members of the Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 21, ratified a new three-year agreement with AT&T on Tuesday. Nearly half of AT&T’s 120,000 wireline workers have ratified contracts, while negotiations continue with CWA in the East, Southeast and Southwest regions.