Deals
Union Says AT&T Reneged on Pact From Before Time Warner Deal
- Dispute centers on how many Time Warner workers can join union
- Company says 82 of 20,000 qualify; Union demands arbitration
This article is for subscribers only.
A union at AT&T Inc. is accusing the company of reneging on a labor agreement that helped gain the support of worker groups for last year’s $85 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc.
As part of a deal renewed in 2017, the Communications Workers of America pledged to support expansion efforts by AT&T and the company agreed to terms for allowing employees from acquired firms to join the union, according to a federal lawsuit filed in April in Washington, D.C. But since the Time Warner merger, the two sides are disputing which new workers are covered by the agreement.