AT&T says 20,000 workers begin strike

Los Angles Times ^

[matt04]

AT&T Inc, the largest U.S phone company, said 20,000 employees represented by the Communications Workers of America have begun a strike on the East and West Coast.

The West contract covers more than 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada, while the East contract covers more than 3,000 in Connecticut, AT&T said today in a statement.

Separately, AT&T reached a tentative agreement with the CWA in contract negotiations for more than 22,000 land-line employees in the southeastern U.S.

[showme_the_Glory]

Nice timing.....

[Myrddin]

Damn. I love strike duty. 12 hour shifts. Free food. It usually happens this time of year. My last assignment was in the desert (El Centro, Imperial, Brawley, Calipatria, Niland, Calexico and Holtville). I had the 7 PM to 7 AM shift. Cool. The Perseids meteor shower was so much better (Aug 10-13) when viewed in the dark surroundings of the desert.

The only real "work" was observing the rascals (union thugs) blocking driveways and vandalizing company equipment. I spent my evening hours working orders in the central office. Since it was mostly automated, that was typically just running diagnostics and swapping out bad cards in the ESS machines.

[concerned about politics]

If anyone has AT&T, change providers. The rest are cheaper and just as good anyway.
If these people are going to play rather than work, consumers have no choice but to pick a different company for better service.

Just tell the union "NO." People pay enough for their services already.

[nascarnation]

My Dad was a salaried telephone man.
When the union people were on strike, we didn’t see much of Dad but household prosperity always followed.

[CodeToad]

Union = Communist. Always wanting more than their fair share and take until there is nothing left.

[bikerman]

Fire them all then claim 20,000 new jobs have just been found for non union workers.sounds like a winner to me.

[bikerman]

Fire them all then claim 20,000 new jobs have just been found for non union workers.sounds like a winner to me.

[TexasCajun]

Union members are too stupid to think & act for themselves.

Can't even go to the crapper without checking with the union steward.

The complete opposite of individualism, collectivism.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Just canceled my att home line (over $30 month plus long dis carrier at about 5 to 10 bucks a month) and installed the Sprint home line. 19.99 a month unlimited long distance. Plus a $100 discount for signing up.

[hattend]

Do they let you keep your old number?

[Myrddin]

I was a telco CO engineer, then systems analyst. Salaried. My first strike duty was in directory assistance. The public (or the strikers) can be such asses when calling for directory assistance. One identified himself as "Captain Nasty". He said, "I'll bet you can't guess what I have in my hand". I said, "The phone book" and hung up.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Yes.