CWA's Speed Matters project, along with our partners, has recently updated its joint report Networking the Green Economy: How Broadband & Related Technologies Can Build a Green Economic Future.
Making high-speed Internet affordable and widely available to all Americans has growing importance to our nation's education, health care, and economic development where we live and especially rural communities. In support of that effort, CWA launched the Speed Matters campaign to make high-speed Internet available and affordable to all Americans. The Speed Matters website has numerous resources including an in-depth policy paper detailing the current state of broadband availability in the US, a fact-filled brochure, steps you can take to promote a better broadband policy in the US, plus much more. For regular updates, check the Speed Matters blog and sign up for regular campaign e-mail updates.
The Speed Matters website is also home to the Speed Test, a tool to test the speed of your own Internet connection so you can see how your connection compares to others in your community and across the nation.
May 1, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Communications Workers of America supports the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to “stop the clock” on its review of a proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable operators, noting the action is an important step forward in assuring full disclosure of the potential impact on consumers and the prices they would pay. Read More
Apr 13, 2012
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. Read More
Mar 8, 2012
CWA called the FCC's action requiring Verizon Wireless and four cable giants to remove redactions from some filing documents a good first step. Read More
Feb 21, 2012
CWA calls for specific conditions to ensure competition, protect consumer choice and promote good jobs in Verizon's spectrum bid. Read More
Dec 15, 2011
New report spotlights the risk of fraud at overseas call centers and the lack of legal safeguards to protect consumer personal information. Read More
April 4 Events Around the Nation
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Larry Cohen on the Open Internet, Jobs and the Digital Divide
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One Nation March: Get on the Bus
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