Labor Day marks start of week 3 of AT&T strike [Video]

MINUTES. RIGHT NOW THOUSANDS OF AT&T EMPLOYEES ARE PICKETING THEIR EMPLOYER FOR WHAT THEY SAY ARE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. AND THIS COMES RIGHT AS MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STALLED. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE IN GREENVILLE NOW WITH HOW THIS IMPACTS THE WORKERS AND ESPECIALLY THE CUSTOMERS, PEYTON. YEAH, JANE. IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AFFECTING NINE DIFFERENT STATES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, INCLUDING HERE IN OUR AREA. WE’VE SEEN PROTESTS IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. POWDERSVILLE TAYLOR, TAYLOR’S, ANDERSON, EVEN OVER IN HENDERSONVILLE AND ASHEVILLE. AT&T EMPLOYEES ARE TRADING IN LINE WORK FOR THE PICKET LINES. IT’S A MORE THAN 17,000 PERSON PROTEST IN NINE STATES. YEAH, INCLUDING GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS, BECAUSE OUR CONTRACT EXPIRED A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO. AND OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN BARGAINING SINCE JUNE. AND IT STILL HADN’T BEEN NEGOTIATED. NOT A LOT OF LEEWAY HAS BEEN MADE. THE …