“There is nothing there that says employees have to contribute to the company PAC.
Its like contributing to a company United Way fund.”
Which version of that letter did you read?
Can I just give to The Human Fund?
The one posted here. And filter with knowledge of what corporate PAC funds are.
An employer cannot force you to make political contributions. It can encourage them through structures like a PAC, through salary deduction, just like charitable contributions, through structures like United Way. But you have to request to implement these salary deductions.
Just like United Way, you can designate a particular beneficiary for your salary deduction contributions. What AT&T is saying here is that it will not permit contributions via their system to politicians it doesn’t like.