Judge OKs AT&T Deadline Extension to Pursue CWA Settlement Talks

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel for Western Texas in Austin granted AT&T’s unopposed motion for another four-week deadline extension to Dec. 16 to answer the Sept. 19 Communications Workers of America complaint so it can pursue settlement negotiations with the union (see [Ref:2211160047[), said his order Thursday (docket 1:22-cv-00954). The CWA’s complaint seeks to compel arbitration for DirecTV employees who it alleges were “unjustly” terminated after AT&T’s DirecTV spinoff.