20,000 AT&T workers strike; company says customers 'a priority'

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-att-strike-20120807,0,1704022.story

The company's contracts with two major branches of the Communications Workers of America expired in early April, leading to months of acrimonious negotiations. Now, 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada and 3,000 employees in Connecticut have decided to strike, AT&T said in a statement.