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AT&T workers continue to strike into the workweek

20,000 workers across the Southeast walk out on AT&T after claiming the company has bad bargaining practices.

CUMMING, Ga. — Protesters lined the streets in downtown Cumming outside of two AT&T offices. The group walked out of the job site on Friday, along with 20,000 other workers across nine states. The labor union representing the workers is calling out AT&T for unfair labor practices.

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Workers in Cumming say that they walked out just before midnight on Friday, August 23rd and will not be returning back to work until their demands are met. William Hobbs, a wire technician and organizer of the Cumming strike says that they don't to be on strike, "I don't want to be standing out here on the sidewalks. I want to go to work, but under a company that is going to meet us at the table and negotiate."

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The labor union representing workers, Communications Workers of America filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging AT&T committed multiple unfair labor practices.

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Hobbs says that the strike in Cumming will continue until AT&T provides a quality work life for the employees, "we just want to tell our fellow workers across the Southeast to stay strong and keep fighting."

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Cumming strikers are gathering from 7:30-4:30 p.m. across from 337 Dahlonega HWY.

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