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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$43.8B
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Currently AT&T, Inc., formed in 2005 by SBC Communications' purchase of its former parent company, AT&T Corp. As a part of the merger, SBC shed its name and took on the iconic AT&T moniker and the ?T? stock-trading symbol. Despite that the corporation is considered SBC renamed, most of its major subsidiaries were part of AT&T prior to 1984, including the Bell Operating Companies and the long distance division. SBC Communications Inc. was a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provided a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC held a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which served more than 50 million wireless customers. SBC companies provided high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and were among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also offered satellite TV service.
Number of Employees 189,000
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NAICS Code : 517310
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Health strikes: benefits mark front between labor, management.(SBC Communications and the Communications Workers of America)
Last Wednesday, 65 Stamford Hospital dietary workers went on a three-day strike to protest what they called unfair labor practices in an 18-month-old contract dispute centering on health benefits. A day earlier, SBC Communications and the Communica Last Wednesday, 65 Stamford Hospital dietary workers...
Strikers Set to Return at SBC.
By Nicole Nascenzi, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Talks between SBC Communications Inc. and the union representing more than 100,000 of its striking workers continued Monday, with some progress reported. Union employees represented by the Communications...
SBC Communications Workers Picket in Sacramento, Calif., as Strike Begins.
By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Workers Go on Strike in Texas, 12 other States.
By Cheryl Berzanskis, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Cheryl Berzanskis, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Workers Go on Strike in California, 12 other States.
By Rodney Tanaka, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Rodney Tanaka, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Workers Prepare for Strike.
By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Union Workers Vote to Strike at SBC Communications.
By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Workers Approve Strike.
By Jack Katzanek, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jack Katzanek, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Workers at SBC Communications Approve Strike in Case of Failed Contract Talks.
By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC, union at loggerheads; Talks snagged on health care, outsourcing.(News)
Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON With contract talks stalled, the largest union at SBC Communications Inc. is turning up the heat on Chicago's dominant phone company, asking employees in Illinois and elsewhere to vote this week to authorize a strike. Com Byline:...
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