CWA Telecommunications

CWA represents 300,000 members who work in telephone and cable TV services, including wireline, wireless, broadband, data and IP services, and electronic security systems and services.

CWA telecommunications worker on the job.

Mar 21, 2013

Community, Political Pressure Force Cablevision-Optimum to Rehire 22 Illegally Fired Workers

A strong support campaign by community leaders and NYC elected officials convinced Cablevision-Optimum to rehire the 22 workers it illegally locked out and fired seven weeks ago. Read More

Mar 15, 2013

CWA Members Vote Down Tentative Contract at Verizon Southwest

Members of the Communications Workers of America at Verizon Southwest have voted down a tentative agreement. The agreement covers about 2,200 workers in Texas. The CWA bargaining team is meeting to review next steps. Read More

Mar 14, 2013

Enforceable Job Protections Needed in T-Mobile-MetroPCS Merger

The T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger won the Federal Communications Commission’s stamp of approval this week without even a vote. Instead, the agency’s staff approved the deal in a bureau-level decision, typically reserved for routine transactions. Read More

Mar 12, 2013

CWA Statement on Federal Approval of T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger

We expect T-Mobile USA to keep its word that not only will the company grow and retain call center jobs here in the United States, but that it will do the same for network technician positions as well. T-Mobile has now said publicly that the ‘synergies model’ they shared with the Federal Communications Commission assumes no layoffs, and we’ll hold them to that. Read More

Mar 5, 2013

T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Admit Merger Will Lead To Job Reductions

In a filing on Monday with the Federal Communications Commission, the Communications Workers of America said solid evidence provided by T-Mobile to the FCC show that – absent conditions – the merged T-Mobile-MetroPCS will cut a significant number of jobs in the United States, despite claims to the contrary from T-Mobile and MetroPCS. Read More