STRIKE!

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CWA union members authorize strike against AT&T Mobility
More than 20,000 members could be involved
February 6 2009 - 3:15 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Communications Workers of America members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on behalf of more than 20,000 unionized AT&T Mobility employees if concerns about compensation, employment and working conditions are not adequately addressed in upcoming negotiations over a new contract.

“For AT&T Mobility members, a critical bargaining goal is to build a career path and opportunity for jobs within the industry, and to stabilize incomes,” said CWA Executive VP Annie Hill.

The CWA said its bargaining team “reports very little progress and stressed that many issues need to be resolved” in ongoing negotiations. The union’s current contract, covering 20,000-plus AT&T Mobility workers around the country, expires Feb. 7 at midnight.

The CWA executive board must still ratify the strike vote. The final step is approval by the CWA president, who would set a strike date...

link: http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20090206/WIRELESS/902069983/1099#

[Pharaoh]

1. Rock on CWA!

K&R:toast:

[Bluzmann57]

2. Thanks for the info

It is important to know these things.

[Skink]

3. This doesn't have anything to do with DTV does it?