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CWA calls for scrutiny of AT&T's Warner Media/Discovery deal

“For too long, regulators have had tunnel vision when it comes to anti-trust review,” said CWA President Chris Shelton. “The Biden Administration and the Department of Justice should take a serious look at the impact of this transaction on jobs and wages.”

New FCC program helps hHouseholds afford broadband service

The Emergency Broadband Benefit provides a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.

More than 42 million Americans lack broadband access, BroadbandNow finds

BroadbandNow also found that broadband availability for all technologies, including DSL, fiber, cable and fixed wireless are over-reported.

AT&T’s fiber-to-the-home service grows by 57 percent in one year

AT&T gained over a million new fiber customers last year.

CWA to FCC: Broadband is not being deployed in a timely fashion

CWA believes that ubiquitous fiber deployment is necessary to close the digital divide, create a competitive broadband marketplace, and prepare for next-generation wireless networks.

FCC should take action to control fraud risks in its high-cost broadband program, GAO finds

The $4.5 billion a year Universal Service Fund USF high-cost Program provides access to modern communications networks capable of providing broadband service for consumers in rural, insular, and high-cost areas.

T-Mobile must commit to respect workers' right to join a union

CWA members and other groups gathered outside the courthouse to express their concerns about the merger and show their support for the 14 state attorneys general who filed the lawsuit to block the merger.

CWA supports global day of action to stop attacks on activists in the Philippines

CWA members will participate in a global day of labor union action on December 10, International Human Rights Day, to protest the severe repression of labor union and other activists in the Philippines.

CWA, Dominican union FEDOTRAZONAS announce solidarity agreement to build worker power

The two unions represent call center workers who are employed at many of the same companies or who work at vendors that handle customer service work for those companies.

CenturyLink must follow New Mexico’s service quality and consumer protection rules

“This is a big victory for over 100,000 New Mexicans who continue to rely on residential phone service, particularly in rural areas,” said Brenda Roberts, CWA District 7 Vice President. “We have seen the disastrous effects of deregulation in other states.

New CWA District 9 supplemental testimony: T-Mobile-Sprint merger remains harmful to California workers

CWA is calling on the CPUC to deny the merger in light of its continued failure to meet “any reasonable definition of the public interest.”

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