After 36,000 Verizon workers walked off the job Wednesday as part of a union strike, Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both got involved in the ongoing labor dispute.
Verizon employees represented by the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of...
After 10 months of negotiations for a new employment contract, some 36,000 Verizon unionized workers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions walked off the job at 6 a.m. this morning making good on strike threats.
The employees involved work on both the wireless and wireline...
If a strike happens, Verizon says its ready
Some 39,000 unionized Verizon workers are threatening to strike beginning April 13 pending a negotiated employment contract materializing between now and then despite 10 months of negotiations getting us to this point.
Repped by the Communication Workers of...
Up to 15,000 Nokia employees could lose their jobs by 2018
A year after announcing plans to acquire Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Networks is looking to save $1 billion in costs in part by cutting up to 14% of its approximately 104,000-strong global workforce, according to reports.
Nokia and...
Unionized Verizon Communications employees, working without a contract since August, on Thursday held a rally outside the carrier's office in New York City. Employees represented by the Communication Workers Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been in ongoing contract negotiations with Verizon...
Verizon recorded $39 billion profit over last three years, senators point out
Since August, some 39,000 unionized Verizon Communications employees represented by the Communication Workers Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been working without a contract in an ongoing dispute.
Eight months into the...
The telecommunications workforce, as tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, saw a small decrease in its unemployment rate coupled with a decline in total number of employees.
In February, the telecom unemployment rate declined to 2.9% from 3.1% in January. Since January 2015,...
Dish said the job cuts are set for May as it struggles with customer defections
Dish Network is set to cut about 550 jobs as part of the closing of a customer service center in Alvin, Texas.
According to the Denver Post, the center is set...
Chicago initiative offers ex-offenders job opportunities
The cell tower industry has become a place of second chances and renewed hope for gainful employment. Thanks to a collaboration between a Chicago-area tower contractor and the nonprofit Safer Foundation, ex-offenders can enter into the Wireless Field Engineer Training Program....
IBMer: 'It's bad, it's really bad. It is a sad day for IBM.'
Reports began hitting the Internet this morning that IBM began a wave of firings that could impact one-third of its United States-based workforce.
Last month the company announced it was laying off its...
With small cell momentum on the rise, an increasing number of companies are seeking engineers with experience in both distributed antenna systems and other small cell technologies.
RCR Wireless News rounded up a sampling of recent listing of companies who are looking for small cell...
CHICAGO, IL -- Today, NextGen Global Resources will announce that it's broadening its offerings to include capabilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Evolution. Since opening its doors in 2009, NextGen has done things a little differently from traditional staffing firms. Specializing in...
As forecasted in a number of media reports, Yahoo this week announced the company would lay off 107 employees effective April 11, according to Business Insider.
In an earnings call earlier this month, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer indicated that overall job cuts could impact around 15%...
5 things to know today ...
1. Smartphone apps that will let you draw cash out of your bank at an ATM are coming this year, according to Bank of America. The nation's second-largest bank says it will test the technology with its own...
One issue being discussed by world business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum is the so-called fourth industrial revolution in which connected machines will take over many manual labor jobs. Many are concerned this will be disruptive to the workforce as humans are...
Mirantis reports doubling in OpenStack online training students last year
Open-source software platform OpenStack continues to see considerable demand for trained programmers, which has resulted in a growing push towards online course options.
One firm specializing in the technology, Mirantis, said it witnessed a doubling in...
AT&T said the 300 jobs primarily technicians and retail support, target U-verse
AT&T said it plans to hire nearly 300 people in Missouri and Kansas as part of its ongoing investment in the two states. The jobs are said to primarily be technicians and retail...
Yahoo seems to be struggling as of late. Sprint customers are moving forward with a class action lawsuit against the company and there are reports Yahoo is looking to sell its Internet businesses. Now, reports suggest the struggle could trickle down to employees with...
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and IEEE agree; engineers will see zero to no growth in employment opportunities
In a recently published job outlook, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistic predicts electrical engineers and electronics engineers will see "little to no change" in employment outlook...
Latest round of Sprint job cuts to last through Jan. 31
Sprint recently moved on its latest plans to cut jobs, noting in a government filing its “workforce reduction” program began Dec. 16 and would cost the company approximately $150 million.
In a Securities and Exchange...
Global fiber optic connectors market expected to reach $4.9 billion by 2020
Fiber is the vein that keeps data pumping through the heart of our communications systems. As infrastructure continues to expand to keep up with the growing number of connected devices, companies are fighting...
Fiber-to-the-tower and fiber-to-the-home deployments require trained technicians
In addition to moving indoors with a ramp up of small cell deployments, carriers are expanding 4G LTE mobile networks into rural parts of the country, while adding capacity in dense metropolitan areas.
As the demand for mobile data...
1. Sprint named a new CMO and a new president for one of its four national regions. Roger Solé will replace Kevin Crull as the carrier's CMO and Crull will now head up the Central region. Sprint said Crull will be responsible for sales...
RCR Wireless News talks with experts across the mobile ecosystem on key trends for the upcoming year, including the impact of new architectures and emerging technologies on networks and the telecom business. Topics to be covered include assessments of the status and importance of...
