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CWA members urge the Dallas City Council to adopt broadband labor standards
24 May, 2022
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CWA members urge the Dallas City Council to adopt broadband labor standards

CWA's action at Dallas City Hall sent a powerful message that broadband should be expanded in a way that will create more good union jobs and that telecom companies must use highly trained employees, not subcontractors when receiving public funds for broadband build-out.

CWA members urge the Dallas City Council to adopt broadband labor standards

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Tower Climbers Union members hold a town hall to improve standards in the wireless industry
24 May, 2022
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Tower Climbers Union members hold a town hall to improve standards in the wireless industry

The town hall comes less than two weeks after an overwhelming majority of wireless tower climbers at QualTek in Henderson, NV, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election.

Tower Climbers Union members hold a town hall to improve standards in the wireless industry

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Biden administration’s Internet for All initiative will shrink the digital divide, create high quality union jobs
24 May, 2022
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Biden administration’s Internet for All initiative will shrink the digital divide, create high quality union jobs

“The BEAD requirements effectively address many of our concerns about the failure of past programs to bring reliable, high speed broadband and good, union jobs to rural and underserved communities,” said Communications Workers of America President Chris Shelton.

Biden administration’s Internet for All initiative will shrink the digital divide, create high quality union jobs

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More Perfect Union highlights Verizon Wireless’ anti-union tactics
29 Apr, 2022
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More Perfect Union highlights Verizon Wireless’ anti-union tactics

A new video from More Perfect Union highlights the challenges that workers at Verizon Wireless stores in Everett and Lynnwood, WA, are facing in the workplace and why they are forming a union with CWA to address them.

More Perfect Union highlights Verizon Wireless’ anti-union tactics

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Wireless tower climbers at Qualtek file for formal union representation with CWA
29 Apr, 2022
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Wireless tower climbers at Qualtek file for formal union representation with CWA

The workers, members of the Tower Climbers Union/CWA, are the first group of tower climbers in the United States who have filed for formal union representation.

Wireless tower climbers at Qualtek file for formal union representation with CWA

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CWA members organize a town hall on expanding broadband access to all communities in Arizona
29 Apr, 2022
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CWA members organize a town hall on expanding broadband access to all communities in Arizona

“We are forty-five minutes or so down the road from the fifth largest metropolitan area in the country and we have very poor broadband,” said Democratic Congressman Tom O'Halleran, speaking to the more than 30 attendees who were enthusiastic about the event and the prospects of broadband expansion in the state. He added, “People in rural America need to be part of the knowledge-based economy.”

CWA members organize a town hall on expanding broadband access to all communities in Arizona

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Minnesota regulators vote to continue monitoring Frontier’s investment plans
28 Apr, 2022
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Minnesota regulators vote to continue monitoring Frontier’s investment plans

Representatives from CWA and IBEW testified in support of the MNPUC’s continued monitoring of Frontier’s investment plans. Frontier recently announced that it would reduce the number of technicians who perform installation and repair functions for customers.

Minnesota regulators vote to continue monitoring Frontier’s investment plans

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