my name is merle melton. i'm the president of communication workers of america local 4004 hundred detroit michigan. thank you. until a few weeks ago i was also a service representative at an at&t call center in detroit. i'm speaking up today about at&t and that broken promises of companies benefiting from the presidents tax plan. at&t is our country largest communications company. they make nearly 30 billion and profits last year. it seems like a lot of money to me. but i guess at&t ceo randall stephenson does not think it is enough. he fought really hard to measure the tax bill congress is working on gave big permanent tax cuts to corporations. he said corporations had more money they would use it to raise wages for people like me. and create more jobs. he promised to invest billion dollars and create 7000 new jobs. if the tax bill passed. the bill passed. at&t has recused benefits from the bill. they got 20 billion in tax cuts. instead of keeping the promises about jobs, randall stephenson is about to lay o