SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 29
(By Senators Humphreys, Anderson, Bailey,
Blatnik, Boley, Burdette, Mr. President,
Chafin, Chernenko, Claypole, Craigo, Dalton,
Dittmar, Grubb, Helmick, Holliday, Jones,
Lucht, Macnaughtan, Manchin, Miller, Minard,
Plymale, Ross, Schoonover, Sharpe, Tomblin,
Wagner, Walker, Wehrle, Whitlow, Wiedebusch,
Withers, Wooton and Yoder)

Requesting that AT&T reconsider its decision to close its consumer sales and service center in Charleston, West Virginia.

Whereas, In February, 1994, AT&T announced its decision to close its sales and service center in Charleston, West Virginia, by October 1, 1994, an act which will eliminate four hundred jobs; and
Whereas, When the center was brought to West Virginia, incentives and concessions were made by the state of West Virginia to encourage AT&T to locate in Charleston; and
Whereas, The center in Charleston has been a top performer for AT&T with no negative aspects; and
Whereas, The loss of the four hundred jobs at the Charleston sales and service center will have a definite impact on theeconomy of the city of Charleston, the county of Kanawha and the state of West Virginia; and
Whereas, The four hundred employees of the AT&T sales and service center in Charleston have performed their jobs with exceptional dedication and reliability to AT&T and are undeserving of such unfair treatment; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate hereby requests AT&T to reconsider its decision to close the AT&T sales and service center in Charleston, West Virginia, costing four hundred of their dedicated and loyal employees to lose their jobs; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the chairman of AT&T, Robert E. Allen; the governor of West Virginia, the Honorable Gaston Caperton; and the members of the West Virginia delegation to the United States Congress.