SAN ANTONIO --SBC Communications, the nation's second-largest local phone company, agreed to a tentative contract yesterday that guarantees work for its more than 100,000 union employees and could reduce the outsourcing of jobs.
The agreement with the Communications Workers of America came hours after the employees in 13 states, including Ohio, returned to their jobs following a four-day strike. CWA members will vote in June on the five-year deal.
This agreement helps ensure that American workers and their communities benefit from the promise of new information technology jobs
CWA President Morton Bahr said in a statement.
Union workers walked off the job Friday and picketed to put pressure on San Antonio-based SBC, one of the four Baby Bell local-phone companies.
The striking workers included operators, linesmen, engineers, clerical workers, installers and service representatives.
About 40,000 SBC managers, contract workers and retirees filled in during the strike, the company said. Dana Tuerk, an SBC Ohio spokeswoman, said some contractors would continue to work through the end of the week to help handle a service call backlog. 17
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