Multiple reports reported in December that AT&T was laying off over 2,000 employees in a number of states, including Illinois and five other Midwest states, nine Southern states, plus Texas and Missouri, and other areas. One report confirmed layoffs in California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. AT&T at the time said it was working on “workforce adjustments” but declined to comment on the scope.
CWA said AT&T announced that hundreds of workers in the Southwest would be declared “surplus” and subject to layoff, including 152 premises technicians who will be forced off the job as of 4 January. The union said AT&T is using contract employees to do installation work while AT&T premises technicians, who are qualified and do the same work, will be jobless. The union said it expected AT&T to invest in communities and customers, and to create more jobs, as the recently passed Republican tax plan promised.
When the plan passed, AT&T and Comcast said they would pay staff bonuses of USD 1,000 to celebrate the legislation. AT&T reiterated it would invest an additional USD 1 billion thanks to the reform.
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