Thousands of AT&T employees in the Southeast region of the United States — across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee — have been on strike since Friday afternoon over allegations from the union of bad faith bargaining. It’s been five years since they last struck, back in 2019.
AT&T employees, represented by the Communications Workers of America, have been in talks with the company over a new contract since June. The union and its various locals in Florida represent approximately 4,250 working people in Florida, including customer service reps, technicians and workers who install and maintain the company’s wireless telecommunications network, according to a union spokesperson.
One of the local unions in Central Florida — CWA 3108 — has organized several picket lines for AT&T employees in the region who are currently fighting for a new, fair contract to address rising healthcare costs, increasing pay and cost-of-living adjustments, and work-life balance.