The clock has ran out for West D9 for over 2 1/2 months, they can have a work stoppage at anytime. SE D3 clock is winding down because the contract ends at midnight Aug. 3rd. With all that has been happening internally, a major transitional period, along with all the recent data breaches and outages, one would think leadership and the company labor team would want this resolved quickly. AT&T keeps asking for take backs while many other industries and workers are getting “significant wage increases” and improved work rules to enhance their working environment and lives.
Many other industries including auto workers, UPS, Kaiser med, actors & writers, teachers, etc. have had similar positive results over the past couple of years. This company and leadership continues to treat all (management & bargained) as liabilities and an expense, not valued assets (Human capital). It’s been borne out through leadership’s town-hall speeches, not empowering employees but using top down mandates, how poorly employees are notified and not assisted well during a layoff, toxic work environments, zip code relocation plans, RTO to far away locations, ageism comments, low promotion opportunities, low wage increases, etc..
Here is an excerpt just reported by Todd Spangler in Variety on the 14,000 Disneyland workers;
“ "We have reached a tentative agreement with Disney," the Disney Workers Rising Bargaining Committee said in a July 24 statement. ”
“ According to the committee, the three-year contract includes "significant wage increases" for all covered employees, seniority increases and the retention of premiums. The contract also addresses issues "that will make the attendance policy work better for cast members," it said.”
This is just one example of how other companies are valuing their employees, bargaining in good faith and reaching a fair agreement that shows employees are assets and worth enhancing their lives and working conditions.