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CWA launches state broadband oversight initiatives
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CWA launches state broadband oversight initiatives

The goal is to ensure public safety and network resilience while protecting consumers and closing the digital divide. CWA's efforts complement the Biden administration's American Jobs Plan, which includes $100 billion for expanding broadband coverage and creating good jobs in the industry.

CWA launches state broadband oversight initiatives

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High-speed Internet is infrastructure
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High-speed Internet is infrastructure

"We need to start seeing infrastructure through its effect on the lives of working people in America. What is the foundation today that they need to carve out their place in the middle class? ... That's what infrastructure means in the 21st Century,” said President Joe Biden. “It still depends on roads and bridges, ports and airports, rail and mass transit. But it also depends on having reliable high-speed internet in every home. Because today's high-speed internet is infrastructure.”

High-speed Internet is infrastructure

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Labor, civil rights, and public interest groups call on the FCC to seek more information, Lifeline protections in Verizon-TracFone transaction
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Labor, civil rights, and public interest groups call on the FCC to seek more information, Lifeline protections in Verizon-TracFone transaction

If approved, as currently structured, the merger would present significant public internet harms to Lifeline subscribers and competition in the wireless market, impacting the ability of low-income households to access critical communications services.“

Labor, civil rights, and public interest groups call on the FCC to seek more information, Lifeline protections in Verizon-TracFone transaction

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Panel explores how hedge fund "activism" boosts short-term stock prices at the expense of workers
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Panel explores how hedge fund "activism" boosts short-term stock prices at the expense of workers

CWA Local 6222 Vice President Belinda Aguilar, an AT&T Mobility worker, explained how hedge fund Elliott Management's attack on AT&T has led to more outsourcing of good retail jobs to non-union authorized dealers.

Panel explores how hedge fund "activism" boosts short-term stock prices at the expense of workers

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CWA member wins settlement with Google
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CWA member wins settlement with Google

"I'm ecstatic at this settlement, it's a huge win for me and all contract employees at Google and other Alphabet companies," said Shannon Wait, a member of CWA Local 1400's Alphabet Workers Union (AWU). "It's far too easy for contractors like Modis to make us believe that we aren't allowed to publicly discuss our working conditions or join unions, and Alphabet and Google turn a blind eye to this gaslighting. Now, because I had the support of my union to call them out on it, they'll be forced to inform us all of our rights."

CWA member wins settlement with Google

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New report spotlights small cell preemption’s financial burden on cities, interruption to digital equity initiatives
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New report spotlights small cell preemption’s financial burden on cities, interruption to digital equity initiatives

Under Democratic leadership, FCC faces renewed calls from NATOA, CWA, and local officials to put power back in the hands of local governments.

New report spotlights small cell preemption’s financial burden on cities, interruption to digital equity initiatives