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Frontier Communications Workers in West Virginia and Virginia on Strike to Save Good Jobs and Protect Service Quality
After ten months of negotiations, members of the Communications Workers of America have not been able to reach agreement on a fair contract with Frontier Communications. As a result, 1,400 Frontier Communications workers in West Virginia and in Ashburn, VA went on strike at 12:01 am on Sunday, March 4.
CWA Urges Congress to Protect the Open Internet
Members of the Communications Workers of America will be participating in a day of action on February 27 to urge Congress to use the Congressional Review Act to pass a "resolution of disapproval" as a first step toward legislation that would protect an open internet.
Wireless Workers at AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Launch Network to Raise Job and Customer Service Standards Nationwide
Fed up with the wireless industry squeezing every last penny from customers and employees, wireless workers from the nation’s three largest carriers—AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile—have launched Wireless Workers United, the first-ever national network of union and non-union workers organizing to protect good jobs and quality customer service.
Statement by CWA President Chris Shelton in response to the State of the Union Address
President Trump tried hard to spin his record on “defending American workers,” but the truth is that working people are much worse off one year into the Trump presidency.
CenturyLink Executives Profit While Leaving Workers Behind
Top executives at CenturyLink, who are set to receive millions in bonuses as a result of CenturyLink's purchase of Level 3 Communications, are leaving the working people who have built the company behind by cancelling bonuses and merit pay and eliminating their jobs.