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Telecom News - Union Campaign Improves Verizon-FairPoint Deal
Final approval by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in February permits the sale of Verizon Communications operations in northern New England to FairPoint Communications to go forward — but the campaign waged by CWA, the IBEW and political allies throughout the three states resulted i
Telecom News - Tentative Pact Reached for AT&T Internet Services Workers
A tentative agreement was reached covering about 1,800 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Internet Services in Districts 3, 4, 6 and 9. A number of improvements were achieved over the previous tentative settlement negotiated last summer.
Telecom News - CWA Battling Idearc over Pension Freeze, Health Cutbacks
Battling a unilateral pension freeze and benefit cutbacks by Idearc Media, CWA is mounting a major grassroots mobilization and corporate campaign against the directory advertising firm, which was spun off from Verizon in 2006 but remains the official publisher of Verizon directories.
Telecom News - Member Mobilization Key to Tentative Pact at Windstream
A new tentative agreement between CWA and Wind-stream Communications covering bargaining unit members of the former Valor Communications and Kerrville Telephone companies provides for significant wage hikes and
Telecom News - Through “TU,” CWA, Ver.di, Seek to Organize T-Mobile Workers
This spring, CWA and Germany's largest telecom union, Ver.di, will launch an organization, "TU," to help organize 15,000 workers at T-Mobile, the nation's third largest wireless company behind AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.