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CWA Protests AT&T Job Cuts
Protesting new layoffs announced by AT&T, CWA members set up informational picket lines in more than a dozen cities to remind the public that the company is determined to abandon customers, communities and workers.
AT&T notified CWA on Oct. 19 that it would lay off more than 1,500 workers at locations across the country. The announcement came just a few weeks after AT&T said it will close customer service centers in Charleston, W.Va., Hawaii and Puerto Rico, eliminating nearly 400 jobs, and will cut another 130 jobs at the customer center in Fairhaven, Mass.
In Minneapolis, CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling joined CWA members on the picket line, along with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.
Demonstrations also were held in Dallas, Atlanta, Kansas City, Mo., Orlando, Fla., and other locations.
"Most of the recent jobs being outsourced are held by workers who are already educated, highly skilled and trained for what we were told were the jobs of the 21st century," Easterling said.
AT&T notified CWA on Oct. 19 that it would lay off more than 1,500 workers at locations across the country. The announcement came just a few weeks after AT&T said it will close customer service centers in Charleston, W.Va., Hawaii and Puerto Rico, eliminating nearly 400 jobs, and will cut another 130 jobs at the customer center in Fairhaven, Mass.
In Minneapolis, CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling joined CWA members on the picket line, along with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.
Demonstrations also were held in Dallas, Atlanta, Kansas City, Mo., Orlando, Fla., and other locations.
"Most of the recent jobs being outsourced are held by workers who are already educated, highly skilled and trained for what we were told were the jobs of the 21st century," Easterling said.