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Why AT&T workers are protesting in Gainesville

Hall and White county AT&T technicians, along with others throughout the Southeast, strike over unfair labor practices Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, along Jesse Jewell Parkway. The Communications Workers of America has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. - photo by Scott Rogers

08272019 STRIKE 1.jpg — Hall and White county AT&T technicians, along with others throughout the Southeast, strike over unfair labor practices Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, along Jesse Jewell Parkway. The Communications Workers of America has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. - photo by Scott Rogers

More than 30 local AT&T workers came out to protest on the corner of Race Street and Jesse Jewell Parkway on Monday, Aug. 26. to ask the company to bargain for a new contract.