Aug 3, 2012
Statement by FMCS Director George H. Cohen On Verizon-CWA-IBEW Labor Talks
The director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service issued this statement today.
Jul 30, 2012
In Letter To FCC And DOJ, Mikulski And Cardin Warn Against Job-Killing Verizon-Big Cable Deal
As opposition to the Verizon-big cable deal mounts, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin sent a letter on Thursday to FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder outlining the harmful impact the current deal would have in Baltimore and across Maryland, and urging the FCC and DOJ (Department of Justice) to consider the negative effects on middle-class jobs and access for low-income consumers.
Jul 26, 2012
CWA, Baltimore Community Members Rally Against Job-Killing Verizon-Big Cable Deal
More than 100 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and concerned Baltimore citizens rallied at City Hall today to urge Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other city officials to oppose a job-killing deal that Verizon Wireless and big cable companies are pushing federal regulators to approve.
Jul 21, 2012
CWA District 4 and T/T Sector Reach Tentative Contracts with AT&T Midwest and Legacy
The Communications Workers of America District 4 and CWA's Telecommunications and Technologies Sector have reached tentative agreements in separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy. CWA members and leaders across all districts are continuing to support bargaining that is continuing in District 9, with AT&T West, and with Local 1298, with AT&T East. The contract covering CWA members in District 3 with AT&T Southeast expires Aug. 4.
Jun 13, 2012
Hundreds of Verizon Workers Rally at FCC to Spotlight Jobs Impact of Verizon Wireless-Big Cable Deal
Verizon workers from five states and Washington D.C. rallied alongside consumer advocates and community organizations in front of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today to urge regulators to put conditions on the proposed anti-competitive deal between Verizon subsidiary Verizon Wireless and Big Cable.
Jun 1, 2012
CWA FCC Filing Shows Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Deal Will Widen the Digital Divide
The proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and Big Cable would disproportionally negatively impact people of color and lower income families, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said yesterday in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
May 24, 2012
CWA Applauds Senator Herb Kohl’s Stand on Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Proposal
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) voiced strong support for the letter Senator Herb Kohl sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, urging a prohibition on cross-marketing arrangements in the Verizon footprint, and raising concerns that the company will lose incentives to bring its high-speed fiber optic FiOS service to new areas if the deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable operators goes through.
May 23, 2012
Former T-Mobile USA Worker to Speak at Deutsche Telekom Annual Meeting in Cologne
A former T-Mobile USA worker who lost his job as T-Mobile USA shuts down seven call centers will address shareholders attending the Deutsche Telekom (DT) annual meeting in Cologne, Germany, on May 24. Blake Poindexter, who now is working with CWA to help T-Mobile USA workers gain bargaining rights, worked at the Frisco, Tex., call center. That center, along with six others, will close in June affecting the jobs of 3,300 workers. Poindexter and his Frisco colleagues worked for union representation at their call center, but have faced management intimidation and interference. In his remarks on Thursday, Blake will ask Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann to end T-Mobile USA’s interference in workers’ efforts to gain union representation.
May 17, 2012
Nine New York Mayors Oppose Verizon’s Big Cable Deal
The secretive, anti-competitive deal between Verizon Wireless and the nation's four leading cable companies will hurt economic development, diminish job creation, lead to higher prices with fewer options, and grow the digital divide, nine upstate New York mayors said Wednesday.
Apr 20, 2012
CWA Calls on FCC to “Stop the Clock” on Review of Anti-Competitive Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Deal
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed a letter on Friday with the Federal Communications Commission calling on the agency to stop the FCC’s 180 day clock in its review of the Verizon Wireless/cable transaction. According to CWA, the parties to the transaction -- Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Time Warner, Bright House Networks, and Cox -- have failed to provide requested data in a manner that allows for meaningful review.
Apr 18, 2012
Statement by the Communications Workers of America on Verizon Wireless’ Proposed Spectrum Sales
Today's announcement of wireless spectrum sales by Verizon Wireless as a condition of its spectrum deal with Big Cable does not protect consumers or workers from the anti-competitive heart of the deal: the joint marketing agreement.
Apr 16, 2012
Communications Workers of America, T-Mobile Workers Fight to Keep T-Mobile USA Jobs
With 3,300 workers at risk of losing their jobs when T-Mobile USA closes seven call centers in June, the Communications Workers of America launched a national campaign today to protect those jobs at a rally in Bellevue, outside corporate headquarters. Participants included CWA members and union and community supporters from the Seattle area. Also joining the rally were T-Mobile workers, including workers from the call centers that are slated to close.
Apr 13, 2012
Verizon Wireless & Time Warner Snub Regulators, Move Forward With Anticompetitive Deal Before Ruling
Verizon Wireless and Time Warner Cable have publicly snubbed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by implementing a portion of their proposed joint marketing deal even though the DOJ and FCC are still reviewing the transaction, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said today. In December, 2011, Verizon Wireless and the nation’s largest cable companies (Time Warner, Comcast, Cox, and Bright House Networks) announced a deal in which Verizon Wireless will purchase $3.9 billion in wireless spectrum from the cable companies and at the same time enter into joint marketing agreements to promote, market, and sell each other’s products and services. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FCC are currently reviewing this transaction.
Mar 28, 2012
German Political Leaders, Scholars Call for End to Union-Busting by Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile
In an open letter published today in the New York Times, 11 leading German legal scholars and politicians called on Deutsche Telekom and other German companies to ensure that workers at German subsidiaries in the U.S., particularly T-Mobile USA, are able to “exercise their unrestricted right to opt for organized representation in the company without fear. They must not be influenced, pressured, or intimidated by employers if they exercise their basic right for freedom of association. The human right of freedom of speech notably entails this right as well.”
Mar 26, 2012
Don’t Let the Verizon/Cable Deal Slam the Door on Our High Speed-Future
Groups of elected officials and advocates from Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo and Syracuse announced today in Reply Comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) their deep concerns about a secretive deal between Verizon subsidiary Verizon Wireless and the nation’s biggest cable companies. If approved, this deal would lead to higher prices, fewer options, and a growing digital divide for consumers in the five cities and across the country.
Mar 23, 2012
T-Mobile USA Follows Low-Road Business Model in Cutting Jobs, Closing Call Centers
T-Mobile USA’s decision to close seven call centers, employing 3,300 workers, is a bad one. It harms workers and communities, and in several locations, abuses taxpayers who provided funds to the company in exchange for employment and economic development.
Mar 22, 2012
Workers Rally in Cities Across America Against Verizon’s Corporate Greed
Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by progressive allies and AFL-CIO activists – are holding rallies and actions in nearly 300 communities as a part of a nationwide day of action against Verizon’s corporate greed.
Mar 6, 2012
AT&T Legacy T - Bargaining Report # 5
The company arrived today with a big pile of demands. It turned out they were all basically the same. For Articles 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 41 their demand are to eliminate all double time for overtime after 8 hours and all Sunday differentials. In Article 41 the proposed also eliminating shifted tour differential.
Mar 1, 2012
Organizing Institute Builds Skills for Wireless Campaigns
New organizers from Districts 2-13 and 3 learned the basics of CWA organizing at a three-day Organizing Institute hosted by District 3, Feb. 24-26, in Jackson, Miss.
Feb 24, 2012
CWA/NETT is Training Laid Off Paper Company Workers
CWA/NETT, nationally recognized for providing technical and skill manufacturing training, is offering a new training program for United Steelworkers members laid off at two paper companies near Cincinnati.
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