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re: AT&T workers on strike on 59 in Mandeville

Posted on 8/26/19 at 4:02 pm to
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Member since Apr 2012
17153 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 4:02 pm to
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Best economy ever dudes. No pics, I was driving.



That's why they're striking. ATT making that $$$ and not passing it on to employees
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17153 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 4:03 pm to
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They’ve been striking in Zachary since at least the weekend.



It's a national strike. I've got a buddy in Florida on strike too
Posted by YosemiteSamHouston
Texas
Member since Jul 2019
40 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:00 pm to
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We’re baffled as to why union leadership would call one when we’re offering terms that would help our employees — some of whom average from $121,000 to $134,000 in total compensation — be even better off,” said AT&T spokesman Jim Kimberly.
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
10491 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:06 pm to
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We’re baffled as to why union leadership would call one when we’re offering terms that would help our employees — some of whom average from $121,000 to $134,000 in total compensation — be even better off,” said AT&T spokesman Jim Kimberly.


I wil never understand how unions are a thing anymore.
This post was edited on 8/26/19 at 7:08 pm
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
15772 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:08 pm to
They’ve been striking in Lafayette today. Doesn’t look like the retail types but the IT and support types. I cringe every time I see them.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20504 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:09 pm to
What am I supposed to be looking at?
Posted by RealityTiger
Geismar, LA
Member since Jan 2010
20457 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:23 pm to
7 Make about 40,000 a year.


No thanks.
Posted by B76 TIGER
louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
32 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:29 pm to
That is not accurate, a topped out tech makes about 70k
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5927 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:31 pm to
Hope the Popeye's employees don't get any ideas.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126977 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 7:33 pm to
I heard that their Louisiana Customer Service Representatives are also on strike. Both of them.....
Posted by Civildawg
Member since May 2012
8606 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:05 pm to
I was in Monroe today and they had a grill going and holding up signs saying “att unfair”
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
34567 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:12 pm to
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some of whom average from $121,000 to $134,000 in total compensation 


Haha, is this where three people nationwide make those amounts and somehow that becomes the talking point.

I'm no fan of unions but...

frick AT&T.
Posted by FCP
Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra
Member since Sep 2010
4804 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:25 pm to
Yeah, we’re striking. What about it?

We work under a contract that gets renegotiated every 4 years. Our contact expired 8/3/19, but we kept working in good faith through last Friday. About a week ago our bargaining team hit an impasse with ATT where the company could not produce anyone with authority to negotiate specific parts of our contract. So, we filed a ULP suit and the current strike is in response to the company failing to negotiate in good faith.

It’s a union job, but it’s not the kind of union seen in the movies. We have a fairly loose confederacy of locals, and our benefits are barebones at best. Oh, and those $120k-$140k figures the company cites are the (highly inflated) total cost of our annual employment—including everything from benefits and uniforms to tools and the gas for our trucks. The majority of our union members top out under $25/hr, and the highest paid specialty techs reach the low $40s/hr.

I was pretty vehemently anti-union before I went to work there. Now, I’m a little bit more on the fence. We don’t see any wide-scale abuses of the system, and the work is long, hard, and brutal. Just the way Owlie likes his sex.
Posted by B76 TIGER
louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
32 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:32 pm to
Hey FCP what yard you work at
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58295 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:34 pm to
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ATT making that $$$ and not passing it on to employees


Who do you think at ATT is making that money? Maybe lots of current and former employees who own stock as well as thousands of investors.

I'm not saying I don't support the labor as I don't know enough about it, but a company like this doesn't just keep the profits.
Posted by FCP
Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra
Member since Sep 2010
4804 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:34 pm to
Yeah, I'm not doxxing myself on here. I'm a 3403 member.
Posted by B76 TIGER
louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
32 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:37 pm to
Ok I’m 3410 used to 3404
Posted by FCP
Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra
Member since Sep 2010
4804 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:47 pm to
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Ok I’m 3410 used to 3404
What y'all hearing about return to work? Managers I've talked to unofficially think we're coming back Thursday, but we've got guys wanting to convert this thing to a full-on contract strike.
Posted by B76 TIGER
louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
32 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:52 pm to
Have not heard anything I was at Hammond co today just a small group of us
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21619 posts
Posted on 8/26/19 at 8:52 pm to
nm
This post was edited on 8/26/19 at 8:59 pm
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