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First-of-its-kind report exposes hedge fund activist Elliott Management’s long-term harm to portfolio companies and investors

CWA and SOC Investment Group find Elliott intervention drives underperformance by target companies over three-year period.

Google employees demand back pay for temp workers after alleged wage violations

A petition calls on Google to “immediately pay back all Temps, Vendors and Contractors (TVCs) who have been knowingly underpaid by Google” and to “create an immediate path to permanent employment for temporary workers and end its two-tiered perma-temp system.”

Frontier workers in California vote to authorize a strike

The strike authorization vote gives the union the ability to strike at any moment, if needed.

About 22 million seniors lack access to home broadband

OATS and Humana Foundation launch a new effort to bring high-speed broadband to over a million older Americans by 2022.

CWA applauds appointment of Jessica Rosenworcel as Interim FCC Chair

“As an FCC Commissioner, she has been a persistent advocate for greater access to telecommunications services for all Americans. She understands the needs and concerns of the people who are most affected by the FCC’s decisions -- teachers and students, health care workers and patients, first responders and small businesses, and tens of thousands of telecom and media workers, including CWA members.”

Report: Over 40 percent of households with broadband Internet access had a telehealth visit in 2020

Telehealth visits increased from 15 percent in 2019 to 40 percent in 2020.

FCC to provide $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit program

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program directs the FCC to reimburse eligible carriers $50 per month ($75 per month on Tribal lands) to provide discounted broadband service and $100 per eligible household reimbursement for a connected device.

FCC approves Frontier’s bankruptcy restructuring plan

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CWA and The Utility Reform Network (TURN) had raised concerns about Frontier’s intention to follow through on promised investment to improve service.

Labor, environmental, civil rights, and religious groups seek national utility shutoff moratorium from the Biden administration

“Blocking internet shutoffs means ensuring all families can connect to virtual learning, remote work, telehealth appointments, and critical information for participating in our democracy,” said Dana Floberg, policy manager at Free Press Action.

CWA, supporters call on Lumen Technologies CEO to extend MLK holiday, address racism at company

“We are deeply disappointed by Lumen’s recently announced decision to give the MLK Holiday to everyone except union members,” the letter reads. “We are asking you to make it right and extend the MLK paid holiday to all Lumen workers.”

Google workers, demanding change at work, are launching a union with CWA

“From fighting the ‘real names’ policy, to opposing Project Maven, to protesting the egregious, multi-million dollar payouts that have been given to executives who’ve committed sexual harassment, we’ve seen first-hand that Alphabet responds when we act collectively. Our new union provides a sustainable structure to ensure that our shared values as Alphabet employees are respected even after the headlines fade,” said Google Program Manager Nicki Anselmo.

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