It’s not an avalanche but nice job on the part of CWA–the union negotiated the return of about 2,000 jobs that AT&T had outsourced:

AT&T is bringing back 2,000 outsourced jobs

Sanford Nowlin
Express-News Business Writer

In a move hailed as a union victory, San Antonio-based AT&T Inc. has agreed to return 2,000 outsourced jobs, including some that were shifted overseas, to the company payroll.

After negotiations with the Communications Workers of America, its largest union, the telecom giant next year will begin turning 800 jobs now filled by outside contractors into union-represented company positions. It also will return to its U.S. payrolls about 1,200 customer service jobs now filled by overseas contractors, many in India.

The jobs support AT&T’s growing high-speed Internet business.

An AT&T official said it’s too early to know where it will hire the employees, although they likely will be in facilities across the country. The company employs 182,900 people worldwide — 6,000 of them in San Antonio.

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