CWA: A Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Kill 20,000 Jobs and Harm Consumers

With reports that T-Mobile and Sprint are close to sealing a deal, CWA is raising concerns that the potential merger will result in the loss of at least 20,000 U.S. jobs and will harm consumers by reducing competition and rewarding two companies that illegally have "crammed and slammed" millions of customers.

CWA President Chris Shelton called for intense scrutiny by Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice regulators and said the union and allies will fight back against this deal.

"Allowing Sprint and T-Mobile to merge guarantees the loss of tens of thousands of U.S. jobs that would result from store closures and the consolidation of administrative work. Corporations and Wall Street applaud this 'synergy,' but employees and their families would bear all the costs of this merger," Shelton said.

"One of the FCC's responsibilities is to ensure that mergers and other corporate actions are in the public interest. The massive job loss that this merger would cause is not in the public interest. The Sprint-T-Mobile merger would enrich a few corporate owners and investors at the expense of workers and consumers," he said.

Read the full statement here.

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