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CWA Statement on Federal Approval of T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger

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We expect T-Mobile USA to keep its word that not only will the company grow and retain call center jobs here in the United States, but that it will do the same for network technician positions as well. T-Mobile has now said publicly that the ?synergies model? they shared with the Federal Communications Commission assumes no layoffs, and we?ll hold them to that.

T-Mobile-MetroPCS Deal Will Result in Significant Job Cuts, FCC Must Give Transaction Full Scrutiny

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In an Ex Parte filing today, the Communications Workers of America stressed that the $30 billion deal, involving 38,000 employees and 43 million subscribers at T-Mobile and Metro PCS, is simply too big and too controversial to be handled at the Bureau Level. Instead, the full Commission should vote on this major transaction. CWA pointed out that the full Commission has voted on much smaller transactions, including the $72 million Guam Cellular/DoCOMo Guam transaction and the $2.8 billion AT&T/Dobson deal. There is no reason that the full Commission should not fully evaluate and assess all the elements of this $30 billion deal.