AT&T, IBEW reach agreement on one-year contract extension

AT&T announced that it has reached an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on a one-year contract extension covering nearly 7,000 core wireline employees. The agreement extends all terms of the current contract without modification until June 22, 2013. Most of the IBEW employees covered under the contract are members of IBEW Local 21 and are in Illinois and northwestern Indiana; the rest are spread across the country.