AT&T strike

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Several hundred Louisville AT&T employees agreed to return to work Wednesday after striking earlier this week. 

Officials with the Communications Workers of America say negotiators have reached a "handshake deal" with the company on a new collective bargaining agreement, and they would end the strike against the company.

"The members who have stood out in Louisville, Frankfort, Georgetown and Shelbyville all day in the rain, the heat; we never wavered," CWA Local 3310 Vice President, Todd Robey said. "We never budged and our message was heard."

Officials with CWA say the strike, which began at 12:01 on Saturday morning, was over "unfair labor practices" during contract negotiations. Workers returned to work at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

More than 20,000 AT&T workers across nine states went on strike.

"CWA members' spirit and solidarity over the last four days showed the company that we would not back down until they bargained with us in good faith,” said CWA District 3 Vice President Richard Honeycutt, in a release. "This was a historic strike that showed the power that working people have when they join together."

The strike involved over 20,000 technicians, customer service representatives and others who install, maintain and support AT&T’s residential and business network in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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