AT&T workers, Filipino groups in US held protest in support of call center workers union in PH

AT&T workers and members of CWA, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), and Filipino activist groups Migrante and Bayan-USA held protests in San Francisco and Los Angeles California on April 24 in support of Unified Employees of Alorica (UEA) and Filipino call center workers. (Watch videos of protests here and here)

The groups called on AT&T to put pressure on its Irvine-based vendor Alorica to end union-busting and start engaging in meaningful dialogue. (Read press release from organizers here)

CWA, APALA and Filipino activists group protested on April 24 in front of AT&T store in San Francisco California, calling on AT&T and its vendor, Alorica to respect workers’ rights in the Philippines

On 2018, Alorica terminated scores of union members and UEA officials which led to the filing of Notice of Strike by UEA last September 2018. In the height of the campaign, Alorica also filed trumped up charges against officers of UEA and the BPO Industry Employees Network.

The groups also raised alarm about the rising hostility against trade unionists and labor activists under the Duterte administration.

Meanwhile, BIEN expressed gratitude to the US-based groups for supporting the fight of Filipino call center workers. In this era of neoliberal globalization, international workers’ solidarity is imperative and important to combat relentless attacks on workers’ rights across the globe, the group said.#