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| 19.10.2024 | AT&T ratifies agreement with CWA union | Sustainable Finance & ReportingEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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| 20.09.2024 | New York Times Tech Guild approves strike, CWA union says | The New York Times Tech Guild has authorized a strike with 95 per cent in favor, the Communications Workers of America union said on Thursday.
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| 04.09.2024 | Communications Workers of America withdraws from mediation with AT&T | :The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have informed AT&T and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that it would no longer be a part of the mediation, it said in a statement on Monday.
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| 03.09.2024 | The Broadband Crisis: A Disconnect Between Politics and People | In the digital age, access to the internet is as vital as electricity. Yet, millions of Americans are facing a stark reality: the loss of affordable broadband. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a lifeline for over 23 million low-in... |
| 03.09.2024 | Communications Workers of America withdraws from mediation with AT&T | Sustainable Finance & ReportingWorker Rights
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| 31.07.2024 | The Rise of Labor in Tech: A New Era for Workers | In the heart of America, a quiet revolution is brewing. Workers in the tech industry are banding together, seeking better conditions and fair treatment. This shift is not just a ripple; it’s a wave. Recent developments show that labor movem... |
| 31.07.2024 | Геймдев наносит ответный удар | В начале года мы писали о тяжёлом положении дел в геймдеве и массовых увольнениях, темпы которых не собираются падать. Не обошла стороной эта участь и некоторые игровые студии, которыми владеет компания Microsoft.
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| 28.07.2024 | Apple заключила соглашение с профсоюзом сотрудников в Мэриленде | Apple заключила предварительный коллективный договор с профсоюзом сотрудников Apple в Мэриленде, пишет Associated Press. Это первое подобное соглашение корпорации с трудовым объединением в США.
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| 16.07.2024 | Salt Lake Tribune journalists launch campaign to unionize | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Salt Lake Tribune staff members announced in a letter Monday their intent to unionize.
The big picture: The Tribune is the latest newsroom in the U.S. to seek unioniz... |
| 13.05.2024 | Apple defeats union campaign at New Jersey retail store | Apple employees at a New Jersey retail store have voted against joining a union, potentially stifling momentum for a push to organise the tech giant's workforce nationwide.
Workers at the store in Short Hills, New Jersey, voted 57-41 agains... |
| 10.05.2024 | Maximus previews a pair of big recompete tests | Maximus is gearing up for two significant tests on the recompete front that, one way or another, will help shape its outlook and future given how both contracts at hand are at least one-fourth of the sales mix.
Rebid number one is just arou... |
| 07.05.2024 | Apple Found Guilty of Illegally Interrogating NYC Retail Employees | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 07 May 2024, 12:05 am
Apple's interrogation of its New York City employees under its World Trade Center retail store has reportedly been ruled illegal by the US Labor Board.
The illegal interrogation was done afte... |
| 10.04.2024 | Apple Store Workers in New Jersey Seek Unionization, Joining National Trend | Inno Flores, Tech Times 10 April 2024, 10:04 pm
An Apple Inc. retail store located in the upscale community of Short Hills, New Jersey, has formally petitioned to unionize.
This renewed effort signals a growing push for unionization within ... |
| 05.04.2024 | Коллективный договор с Sega | 26 марта работники американского подразделения Sega ратифицировали первый коллективный договор. Документ регламентирует ежегодное повышение зарплаты, размер выходных пособий в случае сокращений, а также гарантии сохранения гибридного формат... |
| 11.03.2024 | Тестировщики Activision Blizzard создали крупнейший геймдев профсоюз в США | 8 марта 2024 года профсоюз Communications Workers of America (CWA) сообщил, что к ним присоединились около 600 QA-инженеров из Activision Blizzard, разработчика игр Call Of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo. Таким образом, новый профсоюз Activision Qu... |
| 09.09.2023 | Grindr loses about half its workers after trying to make them come back to the office | Grindr is an LGBTQ+ dating app. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images
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| 14.08.2023 | A merger that’s good for workers and consumers | Claude Cummings Jr. Contributor
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| 16.06.2023 | American Airlines fined $15K after mom of 3 was ‘violently’ sucked into plane’s engine on New Year’s Eve | More On: american airlines
United Airlines pilot deal would add more than $8 billion in costs Upstate woman sentenced for rampage on flight, jumping down inflatable slide ‘Skiplagging’ trend gives air travelers a break from soaring fares Pa... |
| 08.06.2023 | A Microsoft worker who successfully unionized sees a 'wave of labor organizing that will take over the country.' | Skylar Hinnant, a senior QA tester at Microsoft's Zenimax helped establish a historic union at the company. Skylar Hinnant This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 04.05.2023 | Apple Faces Accusations for Union Busting in Missouri Stores | Inno Flores, Tech Times 04 May 2023, 10:05 pm
Apple is facing an investigation for allegations of unfair labor practices at its retail stores in Kansas City and Houston. This was followed by reports of firing and intimidating its workers on... |
| 01.04.2023 | A union said 5 Apple Store workers were fired illegally for trying to organize | A union said five workers at Apple stores in two states were fired illegally.
The Communications Workers of America union filed two Unfair Labor Practice charges.
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| 29.03.2023 | Профсоюз CWA обвинил Apple в незаконном увольнении сотрудников | Профсоюз Communications Workers of America сообщил, что Apple уволила пятерых сотрудников магазина в Канзас-Сити и наказала ещё одного в Хьюстоне за попытки организации рабочих объединений. Профсоюз обвинил компанию в допросе сотрудников, у... |
| 16.03.2023 | Employees at Epic-owned Bandcamp form union | U.S. employees at Bandcamp, an online audio distributor, have announced their formation of a union. Last year, the platform was acquired by Epic Games, the multi-billion dollar company behind games like Fortnite and the Unreal gaming engine... |
| 13.03.2023 | AT&T inks CWA deal covering 7,000 workers | AT&T inks CWA deal covering 7,000 workers
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Wireless workers at AT&T represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract that covers o... |
| 05.01.2023 | ZeniMax testers create first US Microsoft union | According to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, Microsoft agreed to recognise the union after most of the 300 quality assurance (QA) testers at the video game production studio supported the proposal.
The new group has overn... |
| 04.01.2023 | Microsoft recognized its first labor union in the US after staff at $7.5 billion video game firm ZeniMax Studios voted to unionize | Microsoft recognized its first US labor union, the Communications Workers of America said, Tuesday.
Around 300 workers at Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax Studios voted to unionize in December.
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| 27.12.2022 | Activision Blizzard Employees Organize a Union with the Communications Workers of America | Inno Flores, Tech Times 27 December 2022, 11:12 pm
Video game employees of Activision Blizzard Inc. in Boston organized a union with the Communications Workers of America. This includes designers, animators, engineers, producers, and qualit... |
| 23.08.2022 | GE plant workers push for union in Alabama in key test of labor strength | With workers around the U.S. moving to unionize at a rate not seen in decades, employees at a GE plant in Alabama are the latest to file for union representation.
Manufacturing workers at the GE Aviation plant in Auburn, Alabama, filed on M... |
| 28.06.2022 | Unionized AT&T workers negotiate 15% pay increase | After six months of negotiations, wireless workers at AT&T have reached a tentative contract agreement that raises base wages, includes adjustments for inflation, limits mandatory overtime, curtails the outsourcing of jobs to third-part... |
| 13.06.2022 | Microsoft Gets New Support for Activision Deal. Why a Big Union Went From Critic to Advocate. | Microsoft won over a critic of its $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard but Wall Street remains skeptical that it will clear regulatory scrutiny.
The company said it reached a labor neutrality pact with the Communications Workers of A... |
| 13.06.2022 | Microsoft will recognize Activision Blizzard unions under labor neutrality agreement | Microsoft announced on Monday that it will formally recognize any unions organized by employees of Activision Blizzard after entering into a breakthrough labor neutrality agreement with the Communication Workers of America (CWA), the union ... |
| 03.06.2022 | Microsoft says it won't fight labor unions as it takes a different approach from other tech companies | Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, said that the company wants to collaborate with unions.
Microsoft's move contrasts with other tech firms' rejection of unionization efforts.
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| 02.06.2022 | Akopyan Law Firm, A.P.C. Offers Legal Help to Employees Suffering Emotional Distress Because of Their Employers in SoCal | One of SoCal's top employment law firms provides aggressive representation to employees suffering extreme emotional distress because of their employers.
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, June 2, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Akopyan Law ... |
| 23.05.2022 | Call of Duty workers vote to unionize in industry first | Quality assurance (QA) testers at Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven Software have formed a union after an official vote. The vote was 19-3 in favor of formation, creating the first union of its kind at a AAA developer.
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| 14.04.2022 | Краткая история профсоюзов: с чего все началось и есть ли они в IT | На Хабре уже который год появляются посты и комментарии, посвященные созданию профсоюза IT специалистов. Особенно после фееричной попытки Rambler'а «отжать» Nginx у Игоря Сысоева, или не менее скандальной истории увольнения сотрудников перм... |
| 27.01.2022 | Odell Beckham Jr. Is Feeling Bitcoin’s Current Dip—But Could Have the Last Laugh | Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may be one game away from the Super Bowl, but he’s likely feeling a little lighter in the wallet amid Bitcoin’s ongoing selloff.
If the math is correct, Beckham is heading into the weekend’s ... |
| 27.01.2022 | Bargaining Update | AT&T Midwest and National Legacy T
CWA members covered by the AT&T Midwest and national Legacy T agreements have voted to extend their contracts for four years. The extended agreements include annual wage and pension increases, keep... |
| 27.01.2022 | Labor Organizers Urge SEC to Investigate Activision Over 'Misleading' Filing | The labor union leading the push to unionize workers at Activision Blizzard has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the Santa Monica video game publisher for making “inaccurate and misleading disclosures” to inve... |
| 24.01.2022 | AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps | Enlarge
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| 24.01.2022 | AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps | Enlarge
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| 24.01.2022 | Сотрудники Activision Blizzard создали профсоюз | Raven Software (игровое подразделение Activision Blizzard) совместно с крупнейшим американским профсоюзом Communications Workers of America объявило о создании профсоюза Game Workers Alliance Union (CWA). Это первый профсоюз в Activision Bl... |
| 21.01.2022 | Workers at Activision Subsidiary Raven Software Form Labor Union | Workers at Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven Software have formed a new labor union and are seeking voluntary recognition by the Santa Monica-based video game publisher, just days after it announced plans to sell itself to Microsoft for ... |
| 06.01.2022 | Bargaining Update | Daily Hampshire Gazette
Workers at the Daily Hampshire Gazette, members of Pioneer Valley NewsGuild (TNG-CWA Local 31041), ended 2021 by ratifying their first contract, securing important victories after more than two years of negotiating w... |
| 22.11.2021 | Как Discord и Slack стали инструментами для восстания сотрудников | В августе 2018 года двое сертифицированных специалистов по ремонту техники Apple (не работающих в самой компании) запустили сервер под названием AppleConnect на платформе Discord, чтобы помогать друг другу советами по ремонту. Они делали эт... |
| 02.11.2021 | Activision Blizzard Stock Slides as Key Franchise Releases are Delayed Again | Activision Blizzard's shares tumbled after hours as the company facing discrimination lawsuits fell short of analysts' fourth quarter projections and reported its most-anticipated game releases weren't on schedule, leaving its slate of new ... |
| 19.10.2021 | Read Activision's Letter to Staff After Firing 20 Employees | Activision Blizzard addressed ongoing employee concerns over workplace culture in a letter to staff Tuesday, and said it disciplined 40 employees for inappropriate workplace behavior.
The letter was written by Blizzard's Executive Vice Pres... |
| 05.10.2021 | Сотрудники Mapbox захотели профсоюз, а компания — нет. Что из этого вышло | Отдел новостей 5 октября 2021, 11:46 Сотрудники Mapbox захотели профсоюз, а компания — нет. Что из этого вышло
Пока в Беларуси профсоюзы спускают сверху, в Америке всё как положено: работники борются за профсоюз, компания сопротивляется, го... |
| 20.09.2021 | SEC Launches Investigation into Activision Blizzard | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into video game publishing giant Activision Blizzard, which is engulfed in allegations that company executives ignored reports of sexual misconduct and discrimination... |
| 14.09.2021 | Activision Blizzard hires Disney and Delta execs to be more inclusive and grow revenue | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
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| 14.09.2021 | Activision Blizzard hires Disney and Delta execs to be more inclusive and grow revenue | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| 30.08.2021 | Fueling the home-buying process with certainty | Like every industry, the real estate profession grappled with doing business during the pandemic – not just for the sake of doing business, but for the unnerved consumers trying to navigate the home-buying process during an alarming present... |
| 20.08.2021 | Bargaining Update - August 19, 2021 | Consolidated Communications (CCI)
CWA Local 1400 members at Consolidated Communications (formerly Fairpoint) in Northern New England overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract. The members reached a fair and equitable agreement after mon... |
| 12.08.2021 | Verizon satisfies groups opposed to TracFone deal
Featured Whitepaper | The Communications Workers of America (CWA) declared a victory today, saying Verizon has made critical commitments to the Lifeline program as part of its acquisition of TracFone, and CWA is now on board with the deal.
With new commitments f... |
| 27.05.2021 | Customer Service Representatives at Maximus File Complaint Against Unfair Wages | Call center workers employed by Maximus have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor calling for the Biden Administration to revise pay rates for tens of thousands of federally contracted customer service representatives who are... |
| 04.05.2021 | On Heels of Worker Dissent and Protests, Shareholders Vote Down GE CEO Larry Culp's Pay Package | Contact: GEworkersIUECWA@gmail.com
GE CEO pay knocked down, workers have their say:
BOSTON, MASS. - On the morning of Tuesday, May 4, General Electric employees staged a protest at the front door of the GE headquarters in Boston. Workers ga... |
| 01.04.2021 | Google tells employees they won't be disciplined if they discuss wages and working conditions | Google has settled a complaint filed to the NLRB over employees discussing pay.
Google will not discipline workers who discuss pay, hours, or working conditions with one another.
A Google contractor said she was illegally suspended for comp... |
| 01.04.2021 | Infrastructure Bill Will Create Good Union Jobs | Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced his plan to rebuild our country, create millions of good, union jobs in the United States, and make sure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
Biden's American Jobs Plan includes funding t... |
| 26.02.2021 | Solidarity with Locked-Out Teamsters at Marathon Petroleum | CWA members joined the picket line in support of locked out Marathon Petroleum workers in Minnesota.
CWA stands in solidarity with 200 Marathon Petroleum workers, members of Teamsters Local 120, who have been locked out by management after ... |
| 08.01.2021 | Google Workers Join CWA | On Monday, workers at Google announced the creation of the Alphabet Workers Union. Alphabet is Google's parent company. The union will be open to all employees and contractors at any Alphabet company and the workers will be members of CWA L... |
| 04.01.2021 | Google workers form union in latest show of discontent with tech giant | Several hundred workers at Google parent Alphabet have formed a union, reflecting increasing employee discontent with certain workplace and marketplace practices at the technology giant and a willingness to go a step further after years of ... |
| 17.12.2020 | CWA Communications Workers of America : Biden's Choice for Trade Representative Will Stand Up for Workers | Last week, President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Katherine Tai for United States Trade Representative (USTR). The United States Trade Representative is the president's principal trade advisor and negotiator. By picking someo... |
| 21.10.2020 | Biden & Senate Democrats Announce Right-To-Work Laws Are On The Chopping Block If They Win | Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, left, and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. talk during a ... [+] televised debate Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 05.10.2020 | AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet | Enlarge
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| 05.10.2020 | AT&T Shuttering Its DSL Service | AT&T has announced it is shuttering its DSL service, in a move that may leave hundreds of thousands without reliable internet access.
AT&T has been increasingly moving away from DSL toward faster fiber connections. Unfortunately, ac... |
| 10.08.2020 | AT&T to lay off 600 at HBO and Warner Bros. after revenue decline | Enlarge / An AT&T sign and logo on Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020 in Park City, Utah.
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| 21.07.2020 | The pandemic has exacerbated differences between unionized and non-unionized retail workers | In a recent interview with Modern Retail, a unionized grocery worker speaking on condition of anonymity described feeling disposable: “Right now, we’re not looked at as people. To retailers — and even some customers — we’re replaceable help... |
| 22.06.2020 | AT&T Has Now Eliminated 41,000 Jobs Since Its $42 Billion Trump Tax Cut | AT&T informed its union employees last week that the company would soon begin yet another round of layoffs, after repeatedly promising that industry deregulation and its $42 billion tax cut would result in job growth and a major network... |
| 17.06.2020 | AT&T’s “headcount rationalization”—i.e. job cuts—hits thousands more workers | Enlarge / AT&T service van driving in June 2019 in Oakdale, California.
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| 17.06.2020 | AT&T is laying off thousands of workers and shutting down at least 250 stores | AT&T is cutting 3,400 jobs and shutting down more than 250 stores, a union representing the company's workers said on Tuesday.
The job cuts are part of the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic and the carrier's efforts to focus o... |
| 16.06.2020 | After merger, T-Mobile lays off hundreds of Sprint employees | In a conference call on Monday lasting under six minutes, T-Mobile vice president James Kirby told hundreds of Sprint employees that their services were no longer needed. He declined to answer his employees’ questions, citing the “personal”... |
| 07.05.2020 | Inside DC tech’s rising interest in labor unions | The lack of protections for many American workers is a narrative not lost in D.C., the city known for organizing, protests and the home of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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| 27.02.2020 | T-Mobile conducts layoffs as it prepares to complete Sprint merger | Enlarge / The logo of Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile, seen at Mobile World Congress in February 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
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| 30.01.2020 | AT&T slashed billions from network spending, cut tens of thousands of jobs | Enlarge / An AT&T sign outside a company office in New York City.
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| 08.01.2020 | Major labor union aiming to help organize tech and gaming industry workers | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190621_Macy_TechJobs_Karen.mp4
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| 12.12.2019 | AT&T Said Trump Tax Cuts Would Create Thousands Of Jobs. Instead, AT&T's Laying Off Thousands. | It seems like only yesterday that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was promising on live television that if Trump followed through on his tax cuts, the company would dramatically boost investment, in the process creating thousands of new job... |
| 12.12.2019 | AT&T Said Trump Tax Cuts Would Create Thousands Of Jobs. Instead, AT&T's Laying Off Thousands. | It seems like only yesterday that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was promising on live television that if Trump followed through on his tax cuts, the company would dramatically boost investment, in the process creating thousands of new job... |
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| 22.07.2019 | Telecom Union Got Hoodwinked Into Supporting AT&T's Shitty Merger | You may be shocked to learn this, but nearly all of the promises AT&T made in the lead up to its $86 billion merger with Time Warner wound up not being true. |
| 22.07.2019 | Telecom Union Got Hoodwinked Into Supporting AT&T's Shitty Merger | You may be shocked to learn this, but nearly all of the promises AT&T made in the lead up to its $86 billion merger with Time Warner wound up not being true. |
| 19.06.2019 | AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors | Back in November of 2017 AT&T promised that if it received a tax break from the Trump administration, it would invest an additional $1 billion back into its network and employees. At the time, CEO Randall Stephenson proclaimed that “eve... |
| 17.06.2019 | AT&T cuts another 1,800 jobs as it finishes fiber-Internet buildout | Enlarge / AT&T service truck driving on a street in a residential neighborhood on May 17, 2019 in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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| 22.05.2019 | Unsurprisingly, Ajit Pai's FCC Thinks The T-Mobile Sprint Merger Will Be Wonderful | For the last year, Sprint and T-Mobile have been pushing a large number of bogus claims justifying their $26 billion competition and job-eroding megamerger. One, that the deal will create jobs (false). Two, that the deal is necessary to dep... |
| 11.01.2019 | AT&T Plans to Fire 7,000 People Despite Tax Breaks, Net Neutrality Repeal | When the GOP passed tax reform in 2017, the party justified its corporate tax cuts with claims that the reductions would boost US employment, wages, and the overall economy. The FCC similarly justified its repeal of net neutrality by arguin... |
| 10.01.2019 | AT&T's Planning Yet More Layoffs Despite Tens Of Billions In Tax Breaks And Government Favors | Telecom monopolies have a pretty good racket going. They’ll consistently demand all manner of tax cuts, subsidies, and other government perks in exchange for A: jobs that never actually materialize, or B: broadband network expansions that s... |
| 09.01.2019 | Report: AT&T plans layoffs despite claiming tax cut would create 7,000 jobs | Enlarge
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| 08.01.2019 | AT&T Preps for New Layoffs Despite Billions in Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors | AT&T is preparing for yet another significant round of layoffs according to internal documents obtained by Motherboard. The staff reductions come despite billions in tax breaks and regulatory favors AT&T promised would dramatically ... |
| 06.09.2018 | It’s Time to Get Billionaires Off of Welfare | Year after year, decade after decade, Republicans in Washington have lectured the American people about the need for “welfare reform.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan railed against a fictitious “welfare queen” driving a Cadillac. Just a few ye... |
| 06.06.2017 | Verizon is forced to fix 15,000 “double poles” and other network problems | Enlarge / Dangling bits of old poles hanging off new poles, from a union complaint against Verizon in October 2015.
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| 04.10.2016 | Verizon workers can now be fired if they fix copper phone lines | A Verizon lead cable that's been "exposed to the elements and improperly enclosed in a non-weather-resistant container."
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| 27.05.2016 | Verizon workers declare end to 44-day strike, claim “big gains” | Verizon workers rallying in July 2015, just before their contract expired.
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| 29.04.2016 | Verizon: Network sabotage during strike disrupted thousands of customers | Poorly maintained equipment, as shown in a union complaint about Verizon maintenance.
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| 13.04.2016 | Verizon workers strike over lost jobs and refusal to expand fiber | Verizon workers rallying in July 2015, just before their contract expired.
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| 10.09.2015 | Unions Want Verizon Investigated For Neglecting Taxpayer-Funded Broadband Networks, But Nobody Cares | Labor unions would like it very much if somebody would investigate Verizon for its neglect of the company’s aging DSL lines. As we’ve noted previously, both AT&T and Verizon are busy trying to walk away from aging DSL lines they no long... |
| 03.09.2015 | Union says Verizon spends $3.50 per year maintaining each landline | Verizon union rally in July 2015.
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