CWA is taking AT&T mobilization to the next stage with a campaign that calls on members of Congress and elected officials at every level to support AT&T employees in the fight for fair contracts.

CWA members have been e-mailing and calling members of Congress, urging them to contact AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and ask him to rethink his company's campaign to cut workers' standard of living and shift even more health care costs to employees and retirees.

AT&T already is getting the message.

In her letter to Stephenson, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) urged the company to "conclude negotiations quickly, with a fair and equitable agreement." She also noted that AT&T has been profitable over the last year and that "California consumers hope and expect that profitable companies will treat their employees fairly."

Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-Calif.) reminded Stephenson that the contributions of employees across the country are a major part of the company's continued success. In California, we "expect that these workers will be treated fairly. This includes maintaining the health benefits for employees and retirees that are essential to their families and futures."

Go to http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/U11yBjK1muZM/to send your member of Congress a message asking for support for CWA bargaining at AT&T.

CWA and AT&T have negotiated path-breaking health care agreements for more than 20 years, said CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill. "Now isn't the time for a financially successful company to try and cut working families' standard of living. Instead, AT&T should continue to work with us for real health care reform as well as sustainable AT&T health care benefits," she said.

Next week, at rallies in a dozen or more communities, CWAers will deliver nearly 90,000 petitions to AT&T locations. The petitions have been sent by activists and average citizens concerned about corporate greed through CWA's online advertising campaign and by CWA union members and supporters. The petitions call on AT&T to not copy the worst of Wall Street behavior and to support the employees who make the company so successful.

There's still time to add your voice at http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/U11yBjK1muZM/