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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:21 PDT
- From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
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- Subject: Re: CWA Comments on AT&T Sales Office Closings
- Reply-To: John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com>
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- Phillip.Dampier@f228.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Phillip Dampier) quotes:
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- > STATEMENT FROM CWA ON AT&T SALES OFFICE CLOSINGS
-
- > "The union has argued against these kind of consolidations and
- > re-organizations in the past, because they ultimately work against
- > AT&T's best interest."
-
- Not to mention the interests of the CWA members. It is an unfortunate
- fact of life that competition requires a company to trim down and
- tighten up. Many on this forum have complained that AT&T has not yet
- learned how to compete. Maybe, but the company is getting there. And
- the truth of the matter is that if the people are not needed, then
- there is absolutely no justification for keeping them on the payroll.
-
- Although the point is apparently debatable, IMHO industry is not just
- another form of charity for "the people". If personel are not required
- to provide a desired level of service, then they are expendable. It
- can be argued that AT&T's level of service will suffer, but that is a
- matter to be resolved in the marketplace, not in CWA press releases.
-
- And why is AT&T singled out? GTE has planned a similar magnitude of
- displacement for its employees in California. Where is the CWA press
- release about that? Or are GTE employees not represented by CWA
- (meaning of course that they don't count)?
-
- > AT&T will announce next week the closing of six of its fourteen
- > customer sales and service offices. The closing offices employ about
- > 860 workers represented by the Communications Workers of America.
-
- This is the technological age. There will be much more of this in the
- future. Anyone who fails to keep up with the times and does not keep
- his skills current will find himself out on his ear. And there is
- nothing the unions can do about it. Job security no longer resides in
- union membership, but in the skill and usefulness of the individual.
-
- And it is about time.
-
-
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