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CWA Members Begin Bargaining at AT&T Southwest
News
March 6, 2025
The current contract for CWA District 6 members in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas expires at midnight on April 12.
CWA to FCC: Stop AT&T’s Plans to Abandon Rural America
Press Release
AT&T’s proposal would enable the telecommunications provider to exit 250,000 square miles of rural communities across 18 states, or fifty percent of AT&T’s historic footprint.
CWA Opposes AT&T's Plan to Abandon Rural Customers
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February 20, 2025
CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reject AT&T’s plan to abandon rural landline customers in 18 states.
AT&T Plans to Spend $40 Billion to Enrich Shareholders Instead of Investing in Rural America
Press Release
AT&T has made its priorities clear. On the same day that the company announced plans to abandon millions of customers, it also announced that it expects to return over $40 billion to shareholders over the next three years through stock buybacks and dividends.
CWA Exposes How AT&T’s Dangerous Gigapower Business Model Undermines Good Jobs and Public Safety in Arizona
News
November 21, 2024
CWA released a new report yesterday which exposes the harmful and dangerous business model underpinning broadband company Gigapower, a joint venture between AT&T and investment giant BlackRock.