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1983 AT&T strike

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1983 AT&T strike
DateAugust 7, 1983 (1983-08-07) - August 28, 1983 (1983-08-28)
Parties
Number
675,000

The 1983 AT&T strike was a strike of 675,000 telephone workers in the US after contract negotiations broke down with AT&T.[1]

The strike began on August 7, 1983, and ended on August 28. It ended after AT&T pulled back on its attempt at restructuring medical payments, agreed to certain worker shift conditions and to an initial 5.5% wage increase the first year, and a 1.5% increase for the following two years of the new contract.[2][1][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b "Telephone Workers Begin Returning From Strike". The New York Times. 1983-08-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ^ King, Seth S.; Times, Special To the New York (1983-08-07). "AT&T is Struck By Three Unions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ^ Csongos, Frank T. (August 19, 1983). "Striking telephone workers accused the Bell System Friday of using Hurricane Alicia". UPI. UPI Archives. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ^ Cabins, Lucius (November 1983). The Line You Have Reached... Disconnect It!
    Interpreting the Phone Strike
    . Prelinger Library. Processed World Collective. pp. 42–47.