Category: Local Updates

This year the local will provide zip up hoodies. Jerzees brand, “made in USA cotton”. See the fit below and order appropriately. Forms will be making their way to you all soon. It’s important to get them back to your Chief Steward ASAP.

The ask for the cell and email is for electronic voting which will take place this October for officers and chief stewards.

AT&T SW – Important Information About Your Benefit Program(s) Is Now Available

Your members recently received a Company communication regarding updated Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs) for their benefit programs.

The Company is legally required to provide participants with updated benefit plan information periodically. As part of the June 2026 update, revised Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs) were distributed to help employees stay informed about their benefit programs and any applicable changes.

SPD – AT&T Disability Income Program for Southwest Bargained Employees (NIN 78-74979)

After reviewing the highlighted changes in the updated SPD, the revisions appear to be primarily administrative and organizational in nature and do not appear to represent substantive changes to benefits.

Highlighted Updates

The Important Information section was updated to align with standard language used in other SPDs.

The Contact Information tables were updated.

The Keeping Your Information Updated section was moved and revised for consistency with other SPDs.

Contact information for the leave administrator was added to the Eligibility During a Leave of Absence section.

A previously distributed Summary of Material Modifications (SMM) was incorporated into the SPD:

AT&T Health and Welfare Programs (Contact Information: AT&T Benefits Center, Smart-Choice Accounts, and Your Spending Accounts), distributed November 2025 (NIN 78-74871).

Employees can access, save, print, or request a free printed copy of the SPD. Local Union offices should consider retaining either an electronic or printed copy for reference, historical record keeping, and member assistance purposes. Maintaining a current copy can help Union representatives respond to benefit-related questions and preserve a record of the plan provisions in effect when the document was issued. Local offices that prefer an official printed copy may request one from the Plan Administrator at no cost.

How to Access, Save, or Print

Download the PDF from the link provided in the company’s email/communication.

Log on to the AT&T Benefits Center website and navigate to Legal Notices → Health & Welfare Summaries and Legal Information.

Request a free printed copy by calling 877-722-0020.

These documents serve as the official source of information regarding your benefit programs and any plan updates

Wishing our former President and current CWA District 6 staff member, Dwayne Webb, the happiest of birthdays!

We just wrapped up the CWA Legislative and Political Conference, and our district showed up big. The message was clear: workers over billionaires.

The attached Worker Agenda lays out what we’re fighting for this year: the right to organize, better wages, strong public services, affordable health care, good union jobs, democracy, retirement security, and real power for working people. This isn’t just a conference document. It’s our roadmap for the year ahead.

The picture is one of the clearest examples presented when Texas Congressman Greg Casar announced his bill to double overtime pay directly to CWA members. He could have held a high-profile press conference, gone on national TV, or launched on a popular podcast. Instead, he brought it to our members first. That is exactly what we are campaigning for: elected leaders who do not just talk about workers, but stand with us, listen to us, and make our fights their fights.

Check out our Instagram post from the conference and help us spread the word.

Our leaders from across the district were in the halls of Congress meeting with lawmakers and pushing this pro-worker agenda face to face. Like it, share it, and show people that CWA members are ready to fight.

Then take one more step: fill out our volunteer form and plug in.

We need help with phone banks, coworker conversations, events, PAF, and local legislative and political teams. Whatever your schedule looks like, there is a way to be part of this work. Big fights are ahead, and we need everyone in.

When we fight, we win.

P.S.

In the spirit of winning, take a look at the Texas Primary Runoff Recap!

In solidarity,

District 6 Political Team

U.S. Representative Greg Casar of Texas at the 2026 P/L conference introducing a bill for Double time pay for overtime worked.

On June 6th, 33 EMS workers at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington won their union with CWA in an NLRB election by a vote of 24-0. The unanimous win came after months of organizing and preparation by the committed Organizing Committee, supported by CWA District 6 staff. The workers began organizing because of concerns over low pay and being tasked with job duties far beyond their role as healthcare professionals. The EMS Department at Six Flags now joins the over 700 Texas EMS workers who are already in CWA.

The campaign was led by District 6 Organizing Coordinator Seth Hutchinson and Campaign Lead Kendra Williams, with support from Staff Reps Chase Odle and Jose Lozano. Special thanks to President Deb Johnson of CWA Local 6001 who provided critical meeting space for the workers. The EMS workers will now join Local 6215 in Dallas, TX.

IF YOU KNOW ANY EMS WORKERS OR ANY GROUP THAT WANTS TO ORGANIZE, PLEASE LET YOUR CHIEF STEWARD, JOB STEWARD, OR OFFICER KNOW!!

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE AT TI OR GLOBAL WAFER IN SHERMAN???

The Union has received a Labor Notice regarding coding issues that impacted certain mail-order (Maintenance Choice/mail service) prescription drug claims across multiple medical plan options, under NIC, Mobility Purple, West CWA and IBEW, and Southwest.

These issues impacted mail-order prescriptions only; retail pharmacy copays were not affected. The notice outlines the identified issues and the corrective actions currently underway.

Summary of Identified Issues:

Issue #1 – Missing Coinsurance at Mail

Timeframe: January 1, 2025 – May 14, 2026

Description: Coinsurance was not applied to certain mail-order prescriptions.

Member Impact: Members paid $0 copays for generics and preferred brand drugs when coinsurance should have been applied.

Issue #2 – Mail Coinsurance Overcharge (20% vs. 10%)

Timeframe: January 1, 2025 – May 14, 2026

What happened: Mail coinsurance was set at 20% instead of 10% for generic & preferred brands.

Member impact: Members paid higher-than-expected coinsurance.

Issue #3 – Specialty Coinsurance (10% vs. 20%)

Timeframe: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025

What happened: Coinsurance was set at 10% vs 20%.

Member impact: Minimal, as most claims hit the $100 max, but some claims paid at a lower coinsurance

Impacted Participant Counts

NIC: 64 impacted members / 828 claims

Mobility Purple: 522 impacted members / 2,609 claims

West IBEW: Counts under 50 (not disclosed for confidentiality)

West CWA: 1,280 impacted members / 4,392 claims

Southwest: 3,087 impacted members / 10,694 claims

Counts fewer than 50 are not reported to maintain confidentiality and protect personal health information.

(*For clarification, a claim is each time a prescription is filled; for example, one person filling five prescriptions equals 5 claims, while 100 people filling two prescriptions each equals 200 claims.)

Corrective Actions

Caremark will reverse and reprocess all impacted claims. Members who were overcharged will receive refunds via mail. Members who were undercharged will not be billed, and those costs will be absorbed by Caremark. For additional questions, please advise your members to contact CVS Customer Care at 800-378-8851.

If you have any questions or need additional clarification to support member discussions, please let me know.

Jim Winsett

President, CWA Local 6210

Our President and Vice President in Washington D.C. attending the CWA Presidents Meeting and Legislative/Political Conference and hearing from many notable people, such as:

as well as many more Congressional leaders and individuals that fight for workers rights.

CWA’s legislative and political program supports the election of worker-friendly officials and the passage of laws to support workers, their families, and good jobs. CWA has been in the forefront of legislative initiatives to strengthen workers’ organizing and bargaining rights, make health care affordable and available to all, protect Americans’ retirement security, and provide good jobs in a global marketplace of fair trade.

Key to CWA’s legislative efforts and successes are the more than 1,000 Legislative Political Action Team activists who have been trained in effective grassroots political action. They take CWA’s political and legislative program to their states and communities, and build coalitions to fight for passage of worker and family friendly legislation.