From a Minnesota organizer -
Nothing like a STRIKE to wake a sleeping giant from its slumber.
The CWA ULP Strike across 9 states in the South (From Louisiana to North Carolina; Florida to Kentucky) has brought over 14,000 workers out on strike.
Because of the wide geographic scope of the company in the southeast, there are picket lines in nearly every southern city right now.
Some picket lines appear to be almost all-white. Some all-Black. Some mostly women, some mostly men. Some mixed with everybody. Probably depends on the community, job titles and Local.
In Atlanta, Huntsville, Jacksonville, and Nashville - where we have good contacts, the lines have been solid, with few if any scabs.
Some strikers have organized unofficial social media pages to expose and shame scabs.
Several Locals outside the South have been organizing solidarity actions. Ours in Minnesota have been nearly every day.
Already the strike has forced AT&T to improve its offer to the workers - a great lesson for all of us watching.
I don’t think anyone predicted that there would be a CWA region-wide strike (in the South, no less!) going into its third week, but here we are.
When people see the Death Star get punched in the face, the growing confidence and rising expectations become contagious.
Victory to the CWA District 3 ULP Strike! Defeat AT&T!
All Power to the Workers across the South! Telecom & Broadband should be controlled by the Workers & the Community not the Bosses & Bureaucrats!
AT&T Strike
Re: AT&T Strike
From a French leftist -
Vincent Présumey
Massive strike at ATT company in the old south of the United States: Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, for wages, at the call of the CWA (Communications Workers of America): 14,000 to 17,000 strikers for the past three weeks, solidarity in southern cities, the the firm's management just started to pull back on salaries and health insurance since yesterday, and the CWA just pulled out of the state's "federal mediation process" meetings.
After the auto and Hollywood strikes, it's a step towards collective confidence of the "working class".
Vincent Présumey
Massive strike at ATT company in the old south of the United States: Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, for wages, at the call of the CWA (Communications Workers of America): 14,000 to 17,000 strikers for the past three weeks, solidarity in southern cities, the the firm's management just started to pull back on salaries and health insurance since yesterday, and the CWA just pulled out of the state's "federal mediation process" meetings.
After the auto and Hollywood strikes, it's a step towards collective confidence of the "working class".