June 14, 2019 2:00 PM

Earlier today AT&T announced a surplus affecting IBEW Local Union 21 (IBEW 21) members in Illinois and Northwest Indiana.  In that announcement management informed employees that SIPP packages were being distributed.  They did not offer up any other information or numbers or affected locations. 

Many members are asking what is going on.  Right now IBEW 21 Leadership is in discussions with the company on how to deal with the surplus and SIPP announcement.  Because of these discussions numbers and locations are NOT being released at this time. 

We know this is frustrating but we do not feel it is fair to play with people’s emotions until we iron out issues concerning the surplus.

As soon as Union leadership was notified at Full Committee about the surplus we immediately told them our concerns.  Since then management and Union leadership have been working together to address the issues we made them aware of and their effects.  As soon as we get a handle on the current situation and more answers we will release more information.

Simply put things are changing rapidly; by the time you read this message things may have already changed.