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CWA FCC Filing Shows Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Deal Will Widen the Digital Divide
The proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and Big Cable would disproportionally negatively impact people of color and lower income families, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said yesterday in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Democratic House Leaders to American Airlines: 'Comply with the Law'
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and two Ranking Members call on American Airlines to stop delaying the democratic, union representation elections that passenger service agents want and the NMB ordered.
CWA: Piedmont Agents Win First Contract
The Communications Workers of America has reached a tentative first contract with Piedmont Airlines covering 3,500 fleet and passenger service agents.
CWA Applauds Senator Herb Kohl's Stand on Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Proposal
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) voiced strong support for the letter Senator Herb Kohl sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, urging a prohibition on cross-marketing arrangements in the Verizon footprint, and raising concerns that the company will lose incentives to bring its high-speed fiber optic FiOS service to new areas if the deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable operators goes through.
Former T-Mobile USA Worker to Speak at Deutsche Telekom Annual Meeting in Cologne
A former T-Mobile USA worker who lost his job as T-Mobile USA shuts down seven call centers will address shareholders attending the Deutsche Telekom (DT) annual meeting in Cologne, Germany, on May 24. Blake Poindexter, who now is working with CWA to help T-Mobile USA workers gain bargaining rights, worked at the Frisco, Tex., call center. That center, along with six others, will close in June affecting the jobs of 3,300 workers. Poindexter and his Frisco colleagues worked for union representation at their call center, but have faced management intimidation and interference. In his remarks on Thursday, Blake will ask Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann to end T-Mobile USA?s interference in workers? efforts to gain union representation.