{"id":30226,"date":"2017-05-20T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=30226"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:12:37","slug":"37000-att-workers-go-three-day-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/37000-att-workers-go-three-day-strike.html","title":{"rendered":"About 37,000 AT&T workers go on three-day strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout 37,000 AT&T workers go on three-day strike<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tAbout 37,000 AT&T Inc (T.N) workers, or less than 14 percent of the company's total workforce, began a three-day strike on Friday after failing to reach an agreement with the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier over new contracts.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is the first time that AT&T wireless workers are on strike, which could result in closed retail stores during the weekend, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union. The workers on strike are members of the CWA.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe workers are demanding wage increases that cover rising healthcare costs, job security against outsourcing, affordable healthcare and a fair scheduling policy.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSlightly over half of the workers on strike are part of the wireless segment and the rest wireline workers, including a small number of DirecTV technicians, AT&T spokesman Marty Richter told Reuters.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe CWA had said on Wednesday that wireless workers across 36 states and Washington, D.C. would walk-off their jobs if an agreement was not reached by Friday 3 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWireline workers, who work in phone, landline and cable services businesses in California, Nevada, and Connecticut, and DirecTV technicians across California and Nevada have also joined the strike. bit.ly\/2riWfeB<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"A strike is in no one's best interest, and it's baffling as to why union leadership would call one when we're offering terms in which our employees in these contracts … will be better off financially," Richter said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe groups on strike represent four different union contracts, the CWA said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn March, about 17,000 AT&T wireline workers in California and Nevada went on strike.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-at-t-strike-idUSKCN18F2CI<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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