Picket signs waved outside San Marco’s AT&T store in Jacksonville Wednesday as local employees of the company and the Communications Workers of America union continue their strike.
Workers said the 17,000 AT&T employees are striking across the southeast U.S. over what they say are “bad faith negotiations” of fair wages and employee benefits.
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“We feel we are sending men and women like that are behind me to bargain, and while we do have an attorney available to us, we expect to bargain with the company negotiators who have the authority to bargain, not an attorney,” CWA 3106 Vice President Joshua Denmark said at Wednesday’s protest.
Action News Jax reached out to an AT&T spokesperson, who said in part, “We are committed to reaching a fair deal for our employee members of CWA District 3 [southeast], with wages that outpace projected inflation and many other benefits that reflect today’s competitive job market.”
Meanwhile, while some customers in Jacksonville have posted about disruptions on social media, the company said they continue to operate normally throughout the strikes.