The Communications Workers of America is spreading the word about FirstNet. The union is launching FirstResponderVoice.org to promote the nationwide mobile broadband first responder network that AT&T is building in collaboration with the federal government. The CWA FirstNet website offers…
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union wants T-Mobile and Sprint to make a binding commitment not to eliminate jobs in their proposed merger. According to a CWA analysis, as many as 30,000 U.S. jobs could be lost as a…
AT&T contracts with AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy workers expired over the weekend and the Communications Workers of America union, which represents the workers, said workers are prepared for an AT&T strike if progress at the bargaining table is not…
March 26, 2018 — CHARLESTON, W. Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) today announced it has reached a new tentative labor agreement with CWA 142. The previous CWA contract expired on March 3, 2018. The tentative agreement will now be submitted…
US labor is weighing in on the concentration of spectrum within the telecom industry. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is calling on the FCC to impose specific conditions on Verizon Wireless as a condition of the carrier’s plan to…
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) officially went on strike at Verizon yesterday. The strike affects 45K workers, primarily in the Northeast and Midatlantic states. Besides the normal posturing between labor and…
Even though West Virginia ultimately approved the Frontier-Verizon deal, it was probably the highest hurdle for Frontier and Verizon to clear to get the deal done. There was ample opposition to the deal, especially from the Communications Workers of America…
Looks like AT&T has avoided a strike in its mobility unit. They’ve reached a tentative deal with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), covering over 20,000 AT&T mobility workers. According to the CWA, the proposed settlement “…provides for a compounded…
Union members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have authorized a strike against AT&T Mobility. The authorization covers 20,000 workers, whose current contract expires at midnight on February 7th. The authorization does not mean a strike is imminent. In…
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