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As 17,000 AT&T Workers Strike, Some Customers Experience 'Prolonged' Outages
17,000 AT&T workers from the CWA union went on strike Friday. NPR notes the strike affects workers in nine states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. A North Carolina newspaper says the union will remain on strike until the...
A North Carolina newspaper says the union will remain on strike until they believe AT&T "begins to bargain over a new contract in good faith" after their previous contract expired back on August 3.And meanwhile, their article notes that the strike comes as some AT&T customers in North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area "report prolonged internet outages." According to the company's website, outages have been detected across a wide section of the city, including downtown and around Duke University. AT&T has alerted some affected residents in southwest Durham their internet service "should be online" by Tuesday morning.
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