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CWA Reaches Four Year Contract Agreement with AT&T that Protects Jobs, Health Care, and Living Standards for Connecticut Workers. Highlights of the contract include: ·        Wages:   o   3% retroactive to 2/4/2017 o   3% increase effective 8/13/17 o   2.25% increase effective 8/12/2018 o   2.5% increase effective 8/11/2019 ·        Pension: Continued minimum pension interest crediting rate of 4% annually ·        Employment Security: Minimized negative impact of AT&T’s sale of CT to Frontier ·        Medical: Minimized impact of increased health costs with wages that offset increase and make members better off economically over the duration of the agreement ·        Article 7: Improved tables for EVSP with an option to elect deposit into Cash Balance Account ·        Success Sharing Plan: Renewed SSP ·        National Transfer Plan: Renewed NTP ·        Storm Policy: Modified Storm Policy retaining existing practices ·        Tuition Assistance Plan: Continued TAP benefits ·        Plant: Increased Standby Pay, Out of State Differential and added Home Garaging Trial option for all Network Delivery Technicians ·        Grievances: Ability to Arbitrate Grievance cases occurring after expiration This contract, if ratified, will become effective at 12:00am on April 10, 2016 and shall terminate, unless extended in accordance with its terms, at 11:59pm on April 4, 2020 Click below for Memorandum of Understanding http://www.cwa1298.org/sites/cwa1298d6.prometheuslabor.com/files/mou_-_att_east__cwa_2016.pdf