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More Than 20,000 AT&T Workers Are Getting Ready To Protest Nationwide (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the going-on-strike dept.

Aaron Pressman, reporting for Fortune: Some 21,000 workers in AT&T's wireless business have overwhelming voted to authorize a strike just ahead of the expiration of their contract on Saturday. The vote, which was expected, comes after 17,000 additional workers in AT&T's phone, internet, and cable services in Nevada and California also approved a strike authorization last month. They have been working without a contract since April. But despite the strike authorization votes -- a common tactic to increase pressure on management during labor negotiations -- AT&T said it was still seeking to find common ground with its workers. Unlike some of its peers, AT&T has had a long run of labor peace with its workers and their main union, the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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  1. Why do you need a contract to work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    What is wrong with at-will employment where you can be held accountable for your job perform....

    Oh wait... yeah nevermind.

    1. Re:Why do you need a contract to work? by TFlan91 · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's an intrinsic part of the American Dream.

      In the American Dream, you are the up and coming baron of some, now unknown, but soon to be discovered, market. Knowing that you will become this overlord of industry, why would you vote to put up such a strong road block as unions? Wouldn't you rather vote to ensure that they don't impede your eventual rise to wealth?

  2. Morally Outrageous!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    How dare these poor protest their lot in life!!

    Poor deserve to be poor!
    Musk deserves more riches!
    That is the order of things!

    Kill the poor!!!
    Give their money to ELON MUSK!!!!!!