In These Times
06-10-2017, 01:36 AM
A recent three-day strike (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20145/40000_att_workers_are_set_to_strike) against telecommunications operator AT&T attracted nationwide attention, even though the modern incarnation of the company is a far cry from the gigantic “Ma Bell” monopoly of old. The strike took nearly 40,000 workers off the job. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union was sending a message to management: Stop stalling, start negotiating.
The immediate cause of the strike was the slowness of the company to reach new contracts with the union for improved wages and benefits for some workers, including those in AT&T’s wireless communications network. But underlying the dispute is a long-term strategy by the company to degrade the quality of its U.S. jobs as it shifts much of its business to lower-paid workers overseas, the union says.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20200/behind_the_big_att_strike_years_of_shipping_jobs_overseas/)
The immediate cause of the strike was the slowness of the company to reach new contracts with the union for improved wages and benefits for some workers, including those in AT&T’s wireless communications network. But underlying the dispute is a long-term strategy by the company to degrade the quality of its U.S. jobs as it shifts much of its business to lower-paid workers overseas, the union says.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20200/behind_the_big_att_strike_years_of_shipping_jobs_overseas/)