Special Message from the Business Manager

It's happening again. Another big corporation, this time AT&T, is looking out for its executives and big investors at the expense of workers. In contract negotiations with the Commu nications Workers of America, the company keeps pushing for cuts in quality jobs, health care benefits, and cost-of-living increases.

AT&T claims that these cuts are necessary because of the economy. They've even had the nerve to compare telecom to the auto industry, even though telecom continues to expand and remain profitable. But just last year, AT&T made $12.9 billion in profits -- almost a billion more than the previous year.

Jobs with Justice is helping to collect 10,000 signatures on a petition of support this week to show AT&T that the country is united behind the workers.

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AT&T can and should be a leader in supporting quality middle class jobs and benefits that make communities and our economy stronger. AT&T’s demands=2 0at this critical time in our country would only weaken the economy.

CWA has shown the company how to save money without massive cost-shifting; yet their only objective is to make workers pay more. Clearly, AT&T is looking for scapegoats, not solutions.

Tell AT&T to do the right thing -- sign this petition urging the company stop cutting jobs and benefits:

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Especially in these tough economic times, profitable companies like AT&T should lead the way in providing good, middle class jobs -- not look to cut benefits and lower middle class standards of living.

AT&T, we ask you to:

* Take the lead in helping to turn our economy around instead of copying the worst Wall Street behavior.

* Support the employees who make AT&T a success, and who help build today's high tech infrastructure.

* Work with CWA for real health care reform.

Americans want an economy that works for all of us.

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What's At Stake:
Fortune Magazine recently named AT&T the world's Most Admired Telecom Company. In response, the company's chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said,

"This honor is a real tribute to the competitive drive, the passion to serve and the innovative spirit that defines the people of AT&T."

But the company's actions speak louder than its words. If it really cares about its employees, AT&T will stop trying to squeeze wage increases and benefits they've earned out of them, and start supporting more quality jobs, a better standard of living, and real health care reform.

The current contract negotiations with AT&T are a critical moment for CWA, for workers across the country, and for the U.S. economy. In these tough times, the best thing we can do is strengthen American workers and the middle class -- and that means ensuring there are more quality jobs with good wages and health care for all.

Show AT&T that American workers are standing strong -- sign the petition right now:

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