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CWA: FCC Action to Modernize Lifeline is First Step to Closing the Digital Divide

CWA: FCC Action to Modernize Lifeline is First Step to Closing the Digital Divide

31 Mar, 2016

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CWA: FCC Action to Modernize Lifeline is First Step to Closing the Digital Divide

?This subsidy is an important step toward ensuring that all Americans can share in the benefits that broadband access provides,? said CWA President Chris Shelton.

CWA: FCC Action to Modernize Lifeline is First Step to Closing the Digital Divide

Netflix slows down customers? video without permission for more than five years

Netflix slows down customers? video without permission for more than five years

28 Mar, 2016

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Netflix slows down customers? video without permission for more than five years

Somehow Netflix -- a vocal advocate of full transparency on the Internet -- thinks it doesn?t have to follow those same rules.

Netflix slows down customers? video without permission for more than five years

FCC receives more than 22,000 petitions supporting Lifeline modernization

FCC receives more than 22,000 petitions supporting Lifeline modernization

24 Mar, 2016

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FCC receives more than 22,000 petitions supporting Lifeline modernization

Five public interest and labor organizations -- the Communications Workers of America, Public Knowledge, the Center for Media Justice/MAG-Net, and Color of Change -- delivered the petitions to the FCC.

FCC receives more than 22,000 petitions supporting Lifeline modernization

Big win for DirecTV workers in California and Nevada

Big win for DirecTV workers in California and Nevada

24 Mar, 2016

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Big win for DirecTV workers in California and Nevada

More than 2,000 DirecTV technicians, warehouse and administrative workers in California and Nevada now have a CWA voice.

Big win for DirecTV workers in California and Nevada

20 Senators urge Verizon to settle fair contract with unions

20 Senators urge Verizon to settle fair contract with unions

24 Mar, 2016

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20 Senators urge Verizon to settle fair contract with unions

?We urge you to act as a responsible corporate citizen, and negotiate a fair contract with the employees who make your company?s success possible,? the letter concludes. ?We look forward to a prompt and fair resolution of these issues.?

20 Senators urge Verizon to settle fair contract with unions

FCC requires 90 days advance notice before copper retirement

FCC requires 90 days advance notice before copper retirement

24 Mar, 2016

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FCC requires 90 days advance notice before copper retirement

According to the Federal Register notice, the rules are designed ?to provide interconnecting entities adequate time to prepare their networks for the planned copper retirements and to ensure that consumers are able to make informed choices.?

FCC requires 90 days advance notice before copper retirement