AT&T strikers are back at work [telecom]

AT&T wireless workers and thousands of others at the company returned to work on Monday after a weekend strike aimed at jump starting contract talks.

The Communications Workers of America union, which represents the

21,000 wireless workers who walked out in 36 states and Washington, D.C., said the labor action forced AT&T to close hundreds of stores from Alaska to Michigan to Rhode Island. The wireless employees have been working without a contract since February.