As the strike by 17,000 workers in the Southeast against AT&T neared the end of its first week, negotiators for the union and telecommunications company met in Atlanta on Thursday with a federal mediator.
The Communications Workers of America called the strike on Aug. 16, accusing the company of unfair labor practices, an allegation Dallas-based AT&T has denied.
The workers, including about 2,500 in metro Atlanta, had been working without a contract since a previous, five-year agreement expired Aug. 3 while company negotiators met with bargaining teams from the Communications Workers of America…