Jun 28, 2010
An acquisition between CenturyLink and Qwest Communications is in the works. CWA has raised a number of questions about the impact on our jobs, our bargaining rights, investment, quality service and communities. CWA is meeting with management of both companies; those discussions will continue as part of our effort to negotiate safeguards. Here are some flyers to distribute answering some questions workers may have.
Jun 24, 2010
Leaders representing eight national civil rights, labor, and environmental organizations urged Congress to act quickly to clarify the Federal Communications Commission's authority to protect an Open Internet and apply Universal Service funding to broadband.
Jun 21, 2010
CWA called on the Federal Communications Commission to deny the application of Comcast and NBCU, or impose conditions that make certain the deal is in the public interest.
Jun 10, 2010
The proposed Comcast-NBCU merger would lead to job cuts, aggravate the already anti-competitive behavior of the cable industry and restrict consumer access to the online video content of their choice, CWA District 9 Vice President James Weitkamp told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee at a field hearing Monday in Los Angeles.
Jun 10, 2010
As summer heats up, CWA is asking outside technicians to take an online survey to help assess how many members have suffered heat stress symptoms and what employers are doing to limit exposure and provide training.
May 27, 2010
At a field hearing on media ownership in Palo Alto, Calif., NABET-CWA President Jim Joyce urged the FCC to regulate the newest forms of consolidation of TV stations that are costing hundreds of TV station workers their jobs and result in fewer voices covering the news.
May 25, 2010
Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen today issued a statement after key committee chairs in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives announced they will start a process to update the Communications Act.
May 21, 2010
CWA crashed Dish Network TV's annual summit meeting in San Antonio, Texas, last week to protest the company's campaign to destroy the union workers who organized at its Farmers Branch and North Richland Hills locations in February.
May 21, 2010
CWA is weighing all options following last week's decision by the West Virginia Public Service Commission to approve the sale of Verizon landlines in the state to Frontier Communications.
May 6, 2010
The Deutsche Telekom shareholders meeting was a marathon, but the T-Mobile USA workers and CWAers who attended the meeting are still pumped by the support they got from members of ver.di, the union representing German workers at T-Mobile. CWA District 13 Vice President Ed Mooney headed the U.S. group; see tweets, postings, photos and videos at www.loweringthebarforus.org.
May 6, 2010
Hard work by CWA activists was key to getting 26 Democratic members of the House Education and Labor Committee to sign on to a letter calling on Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, to protect and respect workers' rights in the U.S.
May 6, 2010
Angry about Windstream's decision to eliminate retiree health care, more than 150 active and retired CWAers jammed the company's shareholder meeting in Little Rock, Ark.
May 6, 2010
E-Z Pass call center workers in Staten Island, N.Y., are getting growing support from New York State elected and public officials in their fight for a fair contact.
May 6, 2010
CWA and IBEW members leafleted shareholders outside the Verizon annual meeting in Little Rock, stressing that Verizon risks damaging its corporate reputation by looking to use a tax loophole to sell off landlines and backing away from the build-out of high speed broadband.
May 6, 2010
Protecting workers’ rights and building out high-speed broadband to every community will spur the economic growth our country needs and create quality, union, green jobs, CWA President Larry Cohen told participants at the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference.
May 6, 2010
In a win-win-win proposition for workers, consumers and the environment, CWA and the Sierra Club are working together to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed broadband networks.
Apr 29, 2010
At the Deutsche Telekom annual meeting in Cologne, Germany next week, members of ver.di, the union representing T-Mobile and DT workers in Germany, will be leafleting participants as they enter the meeting.
Apr 29, 2010
Nothing scares Big Business as much as a pro-worker elected official. Which explains why the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce is desperately trying to keep Lt. Governor and Democrat Bill Halter out of the U.S. Senate.
Apr 22, 2010
CenturyLink has announced plans to buy Qwest Communications in an all-stock deal. CWA has stressed that in its discussions with management of both companies, we will focus on the employment security and rights of our members and continued critical investment in high speed broadband.
Apr 22, 2010
CWA's focus in the Qwest-CenturyLink deal will be the employment security of our members and Investment in high speed broadband.
