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Sprint May Owe $4.5 Million To Laid Off Call Center Workers
Sprint may owe up to $4.5 million in back pay to 1,440 workers laid off in March without the 60 days? notice required by federal and state laws. The workers may also be eligible for Sprint employee benefits through May 17 under the laws. Sprint announced the call center layoffs on March 18, and said the jobs would end March 25, with pay through April 8.
Statement by CWA following the union representation vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TN
VW employees in Chattanooga have every right to support or oppose their own collective bargaining rights. The narrow loss in the National Labor Relations Board election Friday would have been just an issue of working Americans exercising their rights if it were not for the despicable interference of Senator Corker, Governor Haslam, Republican state legislators and outsiders like Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers.
CWA: Regulators Should Scrutinize Comcast-Time Warner in Terms of Cost, Competition, Public Interest
The bid by Comcast Communications to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $45.2 billion deal must be carefully reviewed by federal regulators.
CWA Applauds Government By the People Act
The Communications Workers of America applauds the introduction of H.R. 20, the Government By the People Act. The legislation was unveiled today by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The bill is an important step in reducing the influence of moneyed special interests in politics and would put our elections back into the hands of everyday Americans.
U.S. Regulators Should Make Clear that SoftBank-T-Mobile US Deal is Non-Starter
CWA says it would be "irresponsible" for regulators to approve SoftBank-T-Mobile US deal.