AT&T Reaches Agreement With Striking Workers on West Coast
March 23 2017 - 11:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Drew FitzGerald
AT&T Inc. reached an agreement with thousands of striking
technicians and call-center workers in California and Nevada that
will allow them to report to work on Thursday.
An AT&T spokesman said the strike has been resolved. He
declined to detail what led to the settlement with the more than
15,000 workers, but said the company complies with the terms of its
collective-bargaining agreements.
The Communications Workers of America said workers would be
returning to scheduled shifts, and that AT&T "will no longer
require technicians to perform work assignments outside of their
expertise and classification." The dispute started over complaints
about such assignments from technicians in San Diego and spread to
other West Coast cities Wednesday.
The end to the walkout doesn't resolve ongoing disagreement over
the Western landline workers' permanent contract, which lapsed last
April. About 21,000 workers in AT&T's wireless business have
also been negotiating with the company since their contract expired
in February.
Write to Drew FitzGerald at andrew.fitzgerald@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 23, 2017 11:14 ET (15:14 GMT)
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