Message From CWA Local 3112 President Johnny Hernandez
COVID-19
COVID-19
Dear Members,
Today the board has voted to cancel this months membership meeting on 3/24/2020 in an effort to minimize exposure to the virus. We will work on preparing a report to keep the membership informed through this time. We will also go month to month on cancelling any further meetings. Yesterday on face book I posted the following; I have been on conference calls since late last night with the bargaining team, Local presidents, and CWA district leadership. We have discussed an MOA that AT&T has proposed. The MOA would allow our core techs access to home garaging during the Covid-19 pandemic. After much discussion, the district 3 presidents voted down the MOA because we felt the company did not do enough to protect our members from exposure to the virus. In response to the MOA, CWA proposed a cancellation of Wi-Fi mapping (for 90 days the length of the MOA), minimize the amount of lost pay while on HG (AT&T wants employees’ drive times in am and pm to be on our dime), a rapid response/policy for our call center and CO members, and a faster response for personal protection that our techs and reps need to prevent exposure. We are continuing negotiations and I’ll keep you informed as we make progress. AT&T wireless has opened an email address to send in questions concerning store hours and policies g01955@att.com . I have asked to get updated on mobilities response to the pandemic, when I get answers I will share.
Currently AT&T has set up the ability to get excused paid time off to take care of dependents because of school closures and/or if you or your dependent are ill and need to be quarantined. You can find all of this information on HR one stop. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the hall. I urge you to be conservative with this time, we don’t know how long this pandemic will last and we don’t need to burn all our time so soon. There has been questions about sole provider and what it means, the short answer is the company wants to verify that you are the only option to take care of your child during this time. I urge you not to take advantage or game the system this is a good benefit that the company provided, lets not ruin it for the ones that need it.
Please follow us on Facebook CWA 3112 where I will try and post as I get more information, send us your questions to cwa3112@bellsouth.net or call us at 561-697-3112.
In unity,
Johnny Hernandez
CWA
LOCAL
3112
561-697-3112
Dear Members,
Today the board has voted to cancel this months membership meeting on 3/24/2020 in an effort to minimize exposure to the virus. We will work on preparing a report to keep the membership informed through this time. We will also go month to month on cancelling any further meetings. Yesterday on face book I posted the following; I have been on conference calls since late last night with the bargaining team, Local presidents, and CWA district leadership. We have discussed an MOA that AT&T has proposed. The MOA would allow our core techs access to home garaging during the Covid-19 pandemic. After much discussion, the district 3 presidents voted down the MOA because we felt the company did not do enough to protect our members from exposure to the virus. In response to the MOA, CWA proposed a cancellation of Wi-Fi mapping (for 90 days the length of the MOA), minimize the amount of lost pay while on HG (AT&T wants employees’ drive times in am and pm to be on our dime), a rapid response/policy for our call center and CO members, and a faster response for personal protection that our techs and reps need to prevent exposure. We are continuing negotiations and I’ll keep you informed as we make progress. AT&T wireless has opened an email address to send in questions concerning store hours and policies g01955@att.com . I have asked to get updated on mobilities response to the pandemic, when I get answers I will share.
Currently AT&T has set up the ability to get excused paid time off to take care of dependents because of school closures and/or if you or your dependent are ill and need to be quarantined. You can find all of this information on HR one stop. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the hall. I urge you to be conservative with this time, we don’t know how long this pandemic will last and we don’t need to burn all our time so soon. There has been questions about sole provider and what it means, the short answer is the company wants to verify that you are the only option to take care of your child during this time. I urge you not to take advantage or game the system this is a good benefit that the company provided, lets not ruin it for the ones that need it.
Please follow us on Facebook CWA 3112 where I will try and post as I get more information, send us your questions to cwa3112@bellsouth.net or call us at 561-697-3112.
In unity,
Johnny Hernandez
CWA
LOCAL
3112
561-697-3112
