AT&T workers give contract nod
Posted on March 8, 2010 at 8:04 am
Southeastern members of the Communication Workers of America have voted in favor of a new contract with AT&T. The new deal, hammered out last month after an initial agreement fell through, covers about 30,000 workers in nine states.
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AT&T, union reach regional deal
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 8:24 am
Negotiations between AT&T and the Communications Workers of America looked and sounded like they had reached a dead end earlier this year. They have now produced a proposed three-year contract union members will vote on later this week.
SEE ALSO: The CWA’s announcement
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Zut alors, Chauve-souris Homme!
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm
French business mag Journal du Net named Nashville’s iconic AT&T Building — née The BellSouth Tower — as one of the world’s 12 most original office buildings.
The Web site’s description asks if the Earl Swensson Associates-designed building — rendered en Francais as La Bat Tower — is indeed the home of célèbre homme d’affaires Bruce Wayne.
Also on Journals du Net’s douze are innovative buildings in Amsterdam, Mumbai and Shanghai.
AT&T adds U-verse voice plans
Posted on October 5, 2009 at 8:20 amAlmost a year after introducing its U-verse Internet platform, AT&T has added phone services to that lineup. The top-shelf plan will cost $30.
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Still talking
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Representatives of AT&T and the Communications Workers of America don’t have a whole lot to report from the bargaining table in Atlanta. Still, the waters appear to be more calm than they were in the spring.
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IT honchos: Rebound starts next spring
Posted on August 14, 2009 at 6:51 am
An AT&T survey of more than 70 big-company CIOs has them looking at early 2010 as the beginning of the next economic upturn. And when that time comes, they’ll be asked to produce bigger returns on their IT investments in shorter amounts of time.
More than half of U.S. IT executives interviewed stated they are under pressure to deliver a return on investment in half or less than half the time. As a result, two-thirds cited that the change has affected their IT budgets, strategies and priorities.
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AT&T launches small-biz bundle
Posted on June 3, 2009 at 12:57 pmThe telecom giant is packaging phone, Internet and wireless services for under $100 and targeting small businesses, a market worth $17 bilion a year.
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Ma Bell snapping up some Verizon operations
Posted on May 10, 2009 at 11:49 pm
AT&T will pay more than $2 billion for 1.5 million customers in 79 markets in 18 states, including Tennessee. Verizon is spinning out the units – which are mostly in rural areas – as part of its acquisition of Alltel.
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A step closer to an AT&T strike
Posted on April 6, 2009 at 12:11 amThe company and the union representing some 100,000 workers can’t find middle ground.
CWA has made it clear to AT&T that it is ready to bargain at any time to resolve the issues and negotiate quality contracts. Unfortunately, AT&T has shown little willingness to move forward and reach settlements. There has been little progress in the areas of health care, retirement security and employment security, among others.
Here’s AT&T’s statement about its Southeast operations.
Ma Bell to bulk up
Posted on March 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm
AT&T plans to add 3,000 jobs this year as it continues to plow billions into its wireless and broadband businesses. Remember, though, that the company still plans to lay off 12,000 people at other divisions.
“Demand for broadband continues to grow as new applications emerge and customers embrace them,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive said in the release. “We expect demand will only escalate when the larger economy rebounds.”
The telecom giant last month said it will add 50 cell sites in Tennessee in ‘09.
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AT&T to set up more cell sites
Posted on February 18, 2009 at 10:04 pmAfter investing more than $1 billion in Tennessee in the past three years, the telecom giant says Tennessee will get another 50 cell sites in 2009. Clarksville and seven of the eight Nashville MSA counties will get new sites.
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U-Verse rolls out
Posted on December 21, 2008 at 9:38 pmAfter they had to tell Metro Public Works “they dropped the ball” installing their infrastructure, AT&T’s local leaders officially introduce the company’s high-speed Internet service to Middle Tennessee.
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Ma Bell cutting, too
Posted on December 4, 2008 at 9:21 amAT&T plans to lay off 12,000 people and cut back its capital spending.
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