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Frontier Communications refuses to offer equal pay, guaranteed 40-hour work week to its Navajo, Hopi workers

Arizona Corporation Commissioners questioned Frontier CEO Nick Jeffery on the unequal treatment of tribal workers amid the company's failure to meet its Arizona broadband deployment targets.

Why didn't AT&T do anything to prevent these workers' deaths?

A new report issued by the AFL-CIO, its 30th annual Death on the Job Report, reveals that every day, on average, 275 U.S. workers die from hazardous working conditions. CWA Local 3808 member Eric Chapman, an AT&T worker in Nashville, spoke at an AFL-CIO press event about two CWA members from his local who recently died – deaths that the union believes could have been prevented.

FCC announces May 12 launch date for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

Eligible low-income households can receive $50 a month in broadband subsidies through an approved provider or by visiting https://getemergencybroadband.org.

CWA contract with AT&T extended for Mobility workers

CWA and AT&T will also extend their COVID-19 work from home agreement.

CWA, TURN, and Cal Advocates secure commitment from Frontier to invest in network enhancement, retain statewide workforce

CWA, TURN, and Frontier announced a proposed settlement to resolve the CPUC review of Frontier’s bankruptcy plan, which includes a $1.75 billion investment in infrastructure to improve service quality and fiber deployment to 350,000 locations in the state.

CWA files FCC comments in support of Fuse Media’s complaint against AT&T

CWA’s comments recommend that the Commission embark on a full proceeding to investigate the facts and, if they bear out Fuse’s position, order AT&T to carry Fuse Media’s two cable networks, Fuse and FM, on equitable terms that do not unreasonably restrict Fuse and FM’s ability to compete fairly, as determined by the Media Bureau.

CWA raises Lifeline and anticompetitive harm concerns in the proposed Verizon acquisition of TracFone

CWA urges the FCC to adopt conditions, if it approves the transaction, to mitigate the transaction’s threat to Lifeline customers.

CWA calls on Teleperformance to ensure worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic

Teleperformance is the world's largest call center service provider, operating in 80 countries and providing services to some of the largest brands and companies on the planet, including AT&T.

National Governors Association urges states to improve broadband maps

“More accurate maps of the availability, quality and cost of broadband services in each state and territory provide governors with an important tool to better inform residents and measure the progress of state programs,” the report said.

Local Progress proposes ideas to combat 5G misinformation

A Local Progress brief recommends actions cities and counties can take to promote safety when infrastructure is installed in the right-of-way, including safety reporting requirements, compliance with existing labor laws, and requiring that providers report to the city the identities of each entity performing work in the public right-of-way, including when the entity is a subcontractor.

CWA members fight COVID outbreak at AT&T call center

Nearly 40 percent of the workers on the center's fifth floor have become infected with the coronavirus or developed symptoms since mid-November.

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