Press Releases

CWA Vice President Jimmy Gurganus called on Sprint Corp. to put some positive action behind the nice but empty words it has for the local telephone employees who helped produce that division’s increased revenues and strong profit performance for the third quarter of 2002.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Communications Workers of America blasted yesterday's action by the Florida Public Service Commission to slash revenues that the regional Bell phone companies are able to collect from competitors who use their local networks.

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Washington, D.C. -- CWA President Morton Bahr called on the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed merger of EchoStar’s DISH Network and Hughes Network Systems’ DIRECTV, citing the harm to consumers and workers that would result if the $26 billion merger is approved.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following a strike authorization vote by employees, the executive board of the Communications Workers of America has approved strike action against Verizon Information Services (VIS), Verizon's yellow pages directory sales operation on the east coast.