CWA Leadership Authorizes Strike at AT&T West

WASHINGTON, September 11, 2024 – As an ongoing strike against AT&T Southeast enters its fourth week, Communications Workers of America leaders authorized a separate strike against AT&T West Wednesday. The 8,000 affected CWA workers were still on the job as negotiations resumed today.

“We expect AT&T to come to the table ready to engage in good faith bargaining so we can reach an agreement that recognizes our value to the company and provides family-supporting wages and benefits for our members in California and Nevada,” CWA District 9 President Frank Arce said in a statement. “If they don’t, we are ready to strike.”

CWA members voted down a tentative agreement with AT&T West last week and voted in April to authorize a strike. With leadership greenlighting a strike, the union’s president would just have to set a date to initiate a work stoppage.