News

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

CWA urged the FCC to raise its broadband download speed benchmark to 100 Mbps, continue to find that mobile services are no substitute for fixed broadband, and do more to close the digital divide in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New reports detail AT&T are failing to provide broadband and good jobs

AT&T is making the digital divide worse and failing its customers and workers by not investing in crucial buildout of fiber-optic infrastructure that is the standard for broadband networks worldwide.

AT&T retail store closures are business as usual

Decreasing the number of corporate stores is part of the game plan proposed a year ago when vulture hedge fund Elliott Management took a small stake in AT&T.

Most Americans support government regulation of online platforms, Consumer Reports survey finds

“This survey shows that Americans are alarmed about the negative impact that a handful of giant technology platforms are having on their daily lives,” said George Slover, senior policy counsel at Consumer Reports.

CWA President Chris Shelton to introduce FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel at NCL annual awards

Journalist Vicky Nguyen and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine will also be honored at the event.

CWA, civil rights, and public interest organizations urge the FCC to avoid making changes to the Lifeline program that would disrupt service for recipients during COVID-19 pandemic

“The Commission is considering major, permanent changes to the Lifeline program that could jeopardize subscribers’ access to essential voice and broadband services,” wrote the organizations.

Fair 5G webinar exposes San Diego's backroom deal with Verizon

On the webinar, Vice Presidents from both the San Diego Unified School Board and San Ysidro School Board shed light on how the digital divide continues to affect students during this all-virtual school year.

Mississippi regulator investigating AT&T’s use of Connect America Funds

“I will not sit idly by and see the public monies fleeced by any company that refuses accountability,” said Mississippi PSC Commissioner Brandon Presley.

© Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC. All Rights Reserved.
Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission.

Privacy Policy | Log In