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CWA President Chris Shelton: “Trusting Sprint and T-Mobile with American jobs is like trusting a vampire at a blood bank."
Proponents of net neutrality argue that the Republican FCC overstepped its authority by reclassifying ISPs, preempting states from passing their own net neutrality rules.
T-Mobile’s 2018 acquisition of regional carrier Iowa Wireless harmed customers, workers, and small business owners, especially in rural parts of Iowa.
T-Mobile’s announcement has confirmed exactly what their own data show: The merger will eliminate wireless competition and increase prices for consumers.
While the union applauded the inclusion of job retention requirements at the new T-Mobile, it also expressed disappointment that this requirement does not apply to employees of authorized dealers, who comprise nearly 70 percent of the retail workers potentially affected by the merger in New York.
