The second largest US mobile operator AT&T Inc reached agreements "in concept" with the Communications Workers of America in AT&T Midwest and AT&T Corp core wireline contract negotiations. The Midwest contract covers more than 13,000 employees in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin, while the AT&T Corp contract covers about 5,700 employees located throughout the country, the company said on Friday.
The company and the CWA will work through the weekend to finalise terms that could be presented to the labour union members for ratification, AT&T said. AT&T had agreed last week to a one-year extension for a labour contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which covers nearly 7,000 workers.