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NABET-CWA negotiates historic $76 million back pay settlement with CNN

Union planned to picket Democratic presidential debate due to longstanding labor dispute.

CWA launches new initiative in support of organizing tech and game workers

Union makes significant investment in new organizing staff and resources aimed at helping technology and game workers across North America fight for better working conditions.

CWA praises historic passage of New York call center legislation

The New York State Call Center Jobs Act states that any call center company with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent workers that has taken loans, grants, or tax breaks from New York State will forfeit those benefits if they move 30% of their jobs overseas.

Workers and elected leaders protest racial discrimination at Verizon Wireless

A growing number of Verizon employees around the country are coming forward with experiences of racial discrimination at Verizon Wireless stores and call centers, with recent allegations and EEOC complaints at a call center in Irving, Texas, and a retail location in Columbus, Georgia.

CWA: Proposed T-Mobile-Sprint remedy fails public interest standard and DOJ should withdraw consent

“A complex remedy that carries a high risk of failure and exposes the public to substantial economic harm if it fails is not in the ‘public interest,’” said CWA.

AT&T is abandoning Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Instead of doing the right thing by acknowledging workers’ dedication and investing in American jobs, AT&T is doing a billionaire’s bidding by putting its workers on the chopping block and abandoning these communities.

Rep. McNerney introduces legislation to close the digital divide

The legislation establishes two $125 million grant programs to promote digital equity nationwide.

Nine organizations file joint petition calling on FCC to pause T-Mobile-Sprint merger review process

The new joint petition also calls the merger review process “highly unusual” and urges the Commission to seek public comment on “fundamental changes in this transaction” that have taken place since the conclusion of the formal comment period.

CWA members at AT&T Southeast ratify five-year agreements covering 20,000 workers

The agreements were reached after a historic four-day unfair labor practice strike.

DC Circuit upholds Pai FCC’s net neutrality repeal, allows states to pass their own net neutrality laws

The court’s ruling is the latest development in a years-long fight for a free and open Internet.

Frontier Communications workers in California call on the company to stop offshoring, preserve good US jobs

"Frontier has broken its promises to customers and to its workers," said CWA Local 9588 President Maggie McCormack. "It's time for the company to invest in our communities and negotiate a contract that brings back US jobs."

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