The Nation - News from June 4, 1986
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. negotiators and its largest employee union met in Washington in what were described as largely unproductive bargaining sessions. Officials for the telecommunications giant said 3,000 temporary operators have been hired to help run switchboards normally staffed by 24,000 union operators. AT&T; was struck Sunday by the Communications Workers of America after the union rejected the company’s offer of an 8% pay increase over the next three years.
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