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40,000 AT&T Workers Threaten Strike This Weekend

Posted On: May 18, 2017

May 18, 2017 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | AT&T wireless and wireline workers said they’ll stage a three-day strike if the carrier doesn’t offer a fair proposal by Friday afternoon. Members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) issued a deadline of 3 p.m. ET tomorrow for AT&T to present what they deem “serious proposals” to avoid a walkout over the weekend. The strike would include 21,000 AT&T Mobility workers and would mark the first time the carrier’s wireless workers held a strike. The CWA threatened the move could disrupt “a large number of retail stores” across the United States over the weekend... fiercewireless.com