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T-Mobile USA Follows Low-Road Business Model in Cutting Jobs, Closing Call Centers

Admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:53:02 +0000

T-Mobile USAs decision to close seven call centers, employing 3,300 workers, is a bad one. It harms workers and communities, and in several locations, abuses taxpayers who provided funds to the company in exchange for employment and economic development.
CWA Union News

Are You Ready for March 22?

Admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:35:01 +0000

There’s still time to find an event in your community and join in the National Day of Action, that hits “1 percent” Verizon for its corporate greed, and brings union and progressive activists together to stand up for each other’s fights on March 22.
CWA Union News

Osha Faults Verizon In Death Of Brooklyn Technician Douglas Lalima

Admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:17:17 +0000

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that its investigation into the death of Verizon technician Douglas Lalima who was electrocuted while working on a utility pole in Brooklyn last September has resulted in 10 citations against Verizon and fines totaling 0,700 for serious and repeated failures by the company to abide by critical safety rules. The fines in the citation are the maximum penalties under the law for such egregious conduct.
CWA Union News

Bargaining for Four AT&T Contracts Continues

Admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:02:10 +0000

CWA bargaining teams are continuing separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest, AT&T West, AT&T Legacy and AT&T East.
CWA Union News

NABET-CWA Agreement with NBC Universal Will Cover Cable Broadcasts on NBC Sports Network

Admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:17:45 +0000

NABET-CWA and NBC Universal have entered into an agreement that would provide for the assignment of the Unions members to certain broadcasts airing on the Companys NBC Sports Network cable channel. This new agreement comes less than one month after NABET-CWA members ratified a new national contract at the NBC Television Network and its TV stations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles.
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Communications Workers of America Tells FCC To Reject Media Ownership Rule Changes

Admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:58:52 +0000

The Communications Workers of America and its media sectors are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes to broadcast media ownership rules unless the outcome will encourage greater diversity and competition in news coverage and other local programming.
CWA Union News

Number of Co-Sponsors on “US Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act” Grows to 69

Admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:21:17 +0000

Bi-partisan support on Capitol Hill for legislation that bans federal grants or guaranteed loans to American companies that move call center jobs from the U.S. overseas grew to over five dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced today.
CWA Union News

CWAers, Atlanta Activists Pull Off Stealth Action at AT&T

Admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:03:57 +0000

CWA Local 3204 activists, Occupy Atlanta and Jobs with Justice doubled up on the message that AT&T must stop layoffs and create good jobs in our communities.
CWA Union News

Minnesota TakeAction Takes on the 1 Percent on Voter Suppression

Admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:09:11 +0000

More than 400 activists, including CWAers, rallied at the Minnesota state capitol to protest efforts to adopt a strict voter ID law in the state.
CWA Union News

Flight Attendants OccuFLY LAX to Protest Greed, Attack on Workers’ Rights

Admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:27:23 +0000

Chanting, “It’s not just about first class, it’s about the middle class,” more than 400 AFA-CWA Flight Attendants from 20 airlines and activists from Los Angeles area unions turned out for an “OccuFLY” demonstration at Los Angeles International Airport this week.
CWA Union News