NTIA highlights CWA-Verizon partnership to develop skilled and well-trained telecommunications professionals

NTIA highlights CWA-Verizon partnership to develop skilled and well-trained telecommunications professionals

30 Aug, 2023

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NTIA highlights CWA-Verizon partnership to develop skilled and well-trained telecommunications professionals

CWA supports expanded training programs to ensure that there is a skilled, union-represented workforce ready to modernize our telecommunications infrastructure and connect the unserved and underserved to reliable, high-speed internet.

NTIA highlights CWA-Verizon partnership to develop skilled and well-trained telecommunications professionals

CWA applauds introduction of No Robot Bosses Act

CWA applauds introduction of No Robot Bosses Act

30 Aug, 2023

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CWA applauds introduction of No Robot Bosses Act

The bill would protect workers from employers using artificial intelligence or automated decision systems to make employment decisions related to hiring, firing, or disciplining workers.

CWA applauds introduction of No Robot Bosses Act

AT&T In Home Experts across Alabama form union with CWA

AT&T In Home Experts across Alabama form union with CWA

30 Aug, 2023

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AT&T In Home Experts across Alabama form union with CWA

The 74 workers join a wave of organizing across the South as more workers choose union representation for respect and better working conditions on the job.

AT&T In Home Experts across Alabama form union with CWA

CWA members mobilize to save jobs at AT&T call centers

CWA members mobilize to save jobs at AT&T call centers

30 Aug, 2023

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CWA members mobilize to save jobs at AT&T call centers

Over 45 call centers have been closed by AT&T in the United States since 2011, with thousands of employees, their families, and the communities they live in being devastated by this alarming trend.

CWA members mobilize to save jobs at AT&T call centers

CWA advocates for better lead protections in telecommunications industry

CWA advocates for better lead protections in telecommunications industry

30 Aug, 2023

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CWA advocates for better lead protections in telecommunications industry

Preventing lead exposure at all represented telecommunications employers is a priority for CWA. CWA members and health and safety committees have been working on this issue for many years.

CWA advocates for better lead protections in telecommunications industry

Dangers of wireless tower climbing: New survey finds over 65 percent of technicians have seen coworker injured or killed on job site

Dangers of wireless tower climbing: New survey finds over 65 percent of technicians have seen coworker injured or killed on job site

30 Aug, 2023

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Dangers of wireless tower climbing: New survey finds over 65 percent of technicians have seen coworker injured or killed on job site

A report by Tower Climbers Union/CWA exposes safety hazards driven by demands of major wireless carriers and tower owners, calls on employers to improve working conditions.

Dangers of wireless tower climbing: New survey finds over 65 percent of technicians have seen coworker injured or killed on job site

Building Broadband Better at Netroots Nation Conference

Building Broadband Better at Netroots Nation Conference

30 Aug, 2023

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Building Broadband Better at Netroots Nation Conference

CWA hosted a panel discussion at the 2023 Netroots Nation Conference entitled “Broadband Funding Is on the Way. Is Your State Prepared?” The panel featured CWA members, the Digital Equity Director for the City of Chicago, and a Federal Program Officer for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Building Broadband Better at Netroots Nation Conference

CWA and Frontier Communications reach agreement on new contract

CWA and Frontier Communications reach agreement on new contract

30 Aug, 2023

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CWA and Frontier Communications reach agreement on new contract

The contract covering approximately 1,400 CWA-represented employees in West Virginia and Ashburn, VA, achieves significant wage increases, preserves existing job security language, and maintains quality health and welfare benefits.

CWA and Frontier Communications reach agreement on new contract