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37,000 AT&T Mobility Workers Have Walked Out Until Monday

posted by on Sunday May 21 2017, @06:29PM   
from the a-ruined-weekend-for-some dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ alerted us to an event occurring this weekend:

Reuters reports:

About 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.

This 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.

The workers are demanding wage increases that cover rising healthcare costs, job security against outsourcing, affordable healthcare and a fair scheduling policy.

Other coverage at UCOMM Communications Blog and The New York Times

Previously on SoylentNews: Largest Labor Action in 5 Years Slated for Wednesday, April 13 Against Verizon

[Ed. Note: This story was rewritten with a different source because the original story substantially altered the quoted material and contained a longer off-topic text than the section quoted. As always, the original submission is available at the link below.]

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• A change in the wind. A change in the wind. (Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:58PM (4 children)

  by Whoever (4524) on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:58PM (#513135) Journal

  The USA is approaching full employment. Most of the counties around the SF Bay Area are already at this point.

  The natural progression from full employment is employees demanding higher wages. That is, until the next downturn is created to put all those upstart workers back in their places and steal their houses from them.

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• Re:A change in the wind. Re:A change in the wind. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @08:45PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @08:45PM (#513147)

  Newspeak defines full employment tautologically as employment for all who are employed.

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  • Re:A change in the wind. Re:A change in the wind. (Score: 1) by tftp on Monday May 22 2017, @12:32AM (1 child)

    by tftp (806) on Monday May 22 2017, @12:32AM (#513225) Homepage

    Whoever is right, employers in the Silicon Valley are fighting over the last D- candidates who possess such valuable qualities as having a warm body and being able to fog a mirror. But this is not a universal law - it's just a curious attribute of this specific location. It also applies only to those who have marketable skills. If you are a PhD in Digeridoo studies, you'd have to look for some other job. But even then it's not so bad - anyone with education can get a decent job here. Of course, if the candidate is truly illiterate... then all his options are to the south of Gilroy.

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    • Re:A change in the wind. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @12:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @12:45AM (#513227)

      You're full of shit. There are plenty of A candidates with demonstrated problem solving skills who can't find work anywhere because they happen to have white skin, they happen to have a penis, or they happen to be over 30 years of age. There's no shortage of unemployed skilled individuals who don't have marketable skills only because the market is as prejudiced as you are stupid.

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• ''employees demanding higher wages'' (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @11:20PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @11:20PM (#513194)

  I'm pretty sure that the workers would be contented with wages that simply had the same buying power their wages had in 1972 when compensation for USAians flattened while per-worker productivity continued to climb. [nakedcapitalism.com] (page) [nakedcapitalism.com]

  -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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