Press Releases

CWA and other groups sent a letter today calling on Congress to ensure that T-Mobile does not receive COVID-19 recovery funding to meet the merger specific build-out commitments it agreed to when it sought approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger from the FCC, Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and state public utilities commissions.

While the conditions that the California Public Utilities Commission has imposed, including a commitment that the new T-Mobile hire at least 1,000 new employees at a planned customer experience center in Fresno county, are a step in the right direction, we are still very concerned about the job loss and wage reductions that are likely to result from the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.

Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Carl Kennebrew, International President of the Industrial Division of the Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA), sent an open letter to President Donald Trump urging him to use his authority under the Defense Production Act to instruct General Electric (GE) to increase manufacturing of much-needed ventilators by setting-up production in its underutilized facilities.

We call on Frontier and its creditors to work quickly to put Frontier on a strong financial footing and prioritize the long-term gains that will come from investment in Frontier’s network over extracting cash from the company for short-term profit. CWA members expect to have input in the direction of the company as the bankruptcy process goes forward.

Members of the Industrial Division of the Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA) held protests -- standing six feet apart -- at General Electric (GE) facilities in New York, Massachusetts, Texas, and Virgina, demanding that GE put its highly-skilled workforce to work manufacturing life-saving ventilators for COVID-19 patients and implement enhanced safety measures at its facilities to protect workers. The IUE-CWA members held signs saying “GE: We Can Make Ventilators” and “GE Keep Us Safe.”