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

Posted by msmash on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:20AM 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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Re:Why do you need a contract to work? by ShanghaiBill · 2017-02-10 06:32 · Score: 1, Troll

It's more that they want more money diverted to their own pockets.
According to TFA, the workers are also upset about outsourcing. I am not sure that striking is a good way to convince AT&T that they should outsource less, and depend more on reliable American labor.