AT&T Mobility said its wireless employees in its Southeast Region (CWA District 3) have voted to ratify a four-year agreement with the Communications Workers of America. The agreement covers about 11,200 CWA members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
There's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
There's a lot to cover this week and a short amount of reading time, so...
Midwestern Communications Workers of America ratified a three-year union contract with AT&T's wireline business, the carrier announced today. The Associated Press also is reporting that CWA union members in Nevada and California have reached a tentative deal with AT&T.AT&T's contract with four CWA regional...
The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility remain deadlocked over a new contract covering more than 20,000 workers employed by the No. 2 wireless provider. The labor-management faceoff is playing out as the Democratic-led Congress prepares to revisit highly combustible legislation to make...
The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility failed to reach an agreement over the weekend on a new contract covering 20,000 wireless workers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain States and West Coast. However, the dispute has yet to materialize into a strike...
Communications Workers of America members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on behalf of more than 20,000 unionized AT&T Mobility employees if concerns about compensation, employment and working conditions are not adequately addressed in upcoming negotiations over a new contract. "For AT&T Mobility members,...
The Communications Workers of America has sued AT&T Mobility and other subsidiaries of the telecom giant over what it calls corporate shell games to avoid providing benefits to employees. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Antonio, alleges that AT&T is...
The big take-away for wireless and other telecom-tech sectors in the wake of the latest Wall Street meltdown might mistakenly be this: By hook or crook, get as big as you can and implicate as many consumers (and their financial assets) to the greatest...
The Communications Workers of America said it joined forces with Germany's largest union, potentially giving organized labor more leverage to secure unionization of T-Mobile USA Inc.'s wireless workers."This is an aspect of organizing that hasn't been done before - it's a huge breakthrough," said...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Alltel Corp. and the Communications Workers of America union have signed a new three-year contract that covers about 350 employees in Kentucky. The current contract between Alltel and members of CWA Locals 3371 and 3372 expires June 7. The employees handle local telephone...
WASHINGTON-The Senate is working to pass sweeping immigration reform legislation that would increased high-tech visa limits aggressively lobbied for by the powerful telecom and high-tech lobbies, but opposed by organized labor."For the United States to maintain its stature as the global leader in math,...
T-Mobile USA Inc. pulled job postings with anti-union language from its Web site, after protests from Switzerland-based international union group UNI. T-Mobile USA spokesman Peter Dobrow said that the language of the ads was "a poor choice of words" and confirmed that "we've now...
BELLEVUE, Wash-T-Mobile USA Inc. has pulled job postings with anti-union language from its Web site, after protests from Switzerland-based international union group UNI. T-Mobile USA spokesman Peter Dobrow said that the language of the ads was "a poor choice of words" and confirmed that...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said nearly 1,000 Sprint Nextel Corp. workers have gone on strike in four states, balking at company demands for job cuts and slashed health benefits. CWA alleges, among other things, Sprint siphoned off nearly $9 billion in earnings from...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said nearly 1,000 Sprint Nextel workers have gone on strike in four states, balking at company demands for job cuts and slashed health benefits. CWA alleges, among other things, Sprint siphoned off nearly $9 billion in earnings from its...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said progress is being made unionizing Cingular Wireless L.L.C. 's workers in the South, particularly former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employees. Larry Cohen, chosen to succeed long-time CWA President Morton Bahr at the union's annual convention in Chicago last...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said progress is being made unionizing Cingular Wireless L.L.C. 's workers in the South, particularly former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employees. Larry Cohen, chosen to succeed Morton Bahr as long-time president of CWA at the union's annual convention in...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications Chairman Ivan Seidenberg reacted angrily to a letter signed by 123 congressmen asking him to investigate allegations of union-busting activities at Verizon Wireless. "I am dismayed that you authored a letter for public consumption which contains false statements about our company and...
WASHINGTON-A U.S.-Central American trade pact already steeped in controversy and critical to the Bush administration's trade agenda has become a battleground for a dispute between organized labor and high-tech companies-including those prominent in the wireless Internet space-over claims the deal will benefit U.S. telecom...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on a new contract covering 5,300 workers 15 states and several provinces of Canada. CWA said the accord provides for a wage increase of 11 percent for Cingular workers...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on a new contract covering 5,300 workers 15 states and several provinces of Canada. CWA said the accord provides for a wage increase of 11 percent for Cingular workers...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. disputed organized labor's claim that the No. 1 mobile-phone operator promised not to fire any union employees as a result of the carrier's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The dispute comes amid impending post-merger job cuts at Cingular...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Labor said it reached a settlement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. whereby the No. 1 mobile-phone carrier will pay more than 25,000 customer service representatives $5.1 million in back wages as a result of alleged violations of overtime provisions in federal labor...
