Jobs First at AT&T

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It's happening again. Another big corporation looking out for executives and big investors at the expense of workers.

AT&T made $12.9 billion in profits in 2008 and is on track this year for solid earnings, top executives say. Yet AT&T wants to cut quality jobs and benefits for employees.

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• cwa
• union
• labor
• AT&T
• corporate greed

[cnap98]

Health care costs are skyrocketing. $20 co-pay for a doctor's visit these days is hardly NOTHING. Some people can't get high deductible health INSURANCE for less than $1,000 a month. Health care costs are rising because everyone wants designer drugs and the latest technology and treatment -- without paying the cost of it.

[mrsberin]

give me a break. so they are asking you to pay a portion of your medical benefits. in this day and age, be greatful you have a job with benefits. if you don't like it, try to find another job elsewhere that pays you as well as AT&T. or walk a picket line and see how much you get paid there

[rickbar123]

Hey AT%T

fuck you

[voiceofreason122]

Yes, AT&T's landline telephone business is heading down, down, down .... how is the railroad and steel industry doing these days? How is Kodak doing? The landline revenue is dropping as fast as healthcare costs are rising. I know retirees and others with AT&T stock who decided voluntarily, under no duress or need, to sell ALL of their holdings a year, two years ago. What does that tell you?

[RoxanneSilver]

Boy o' boy, timing is everything ain't it! While AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is crying poverty so he can strip his employees of wages and benefits, the latest Fortune 500 list comes out .

You know that old saying, "Figures don't lie, and lies don't figure."

[pg8535]

cnap you say att stock down 40%. What company out there isn't down 40% now? You just want to list one company and say they are unique? let me guess. your the ceo under a pen name. And if you really think that att is going under. I hope you are not an investor.

[cnap98]

Profits are down year over year. The landline voice telephone business is tanking. It seems that everyone wants to "cut the cord." The stock is down 40%, hurting retirees across the country. Does that sound like a company positioned to grow ... or decline?

[RoxanneSilver]

The fact is that AT&T is not a company in trouble. I am not working for GM or a failing bank. If that were indeed the case, I could understand the Company asking us for concessions and I would certainly consider it. That is most definitely NOT the case. AT&T made 12.9 Billion Dollars last year, and that was after paying all the bills!!!

I hope that you will give us AT&T employees your support during this difficult time and remember that we are here for you all year. Thank you!