Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. tied the knot last week in what the two telecom providers call a $35 billion "merger of equals." The newly formed Sprint Nextel operation will serve more than 35 million customers, including Sprint PCS' 2.8 million resale customers,...
WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telecom and T-Mobile officials in Germany assert the 100 unionized technicians fired by subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. are not protected because the action was an asset deal in which technical infrastructure was acquired by the Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile-phone carrier. In a Nov. 12...
WASHINGTON-U.S. and global unions accused T-Mobile USA Inc. of embracing an anti-union policy here that would not be permitted in Germany, where the wireless company's parent company is based. The Communications Workers of America and the Geneva-based Union Network International are protesting T-Mobile's alleged...
WASHINGTON-A new report funded by the Communications Workers of America shows U.S. high-technology workers still face chronic unemployment and a serious jobs deficit despite an economic recovery being declared three years ago.The report, titled "America's High-Tech Bust" and conducted by the Center for Urban...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular dealers asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion transaction. "This merger proposes an unacceptable level of concentration...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion deal. "This merger proposes an unacceptable level of concentration...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s clouded future began to clear last week as suitors looking to acquire the world's ninth-largest wireless carrier were expected to place their final bids by AWS' self-mandated Feb. 13 deadline. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Vodafone Group plc rose to the...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America today applauded a federal court's dismissal of a contempt-of-court charge brought by Verizon Wireless against CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen."This action by Verizon Wireless is nothing short of another attempt to regulate and control free speech, and we...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement on a new, five-year contract for Verizon Wireless technicians in the New York City area.CWA, which has been trading barbs in the press with the No. 1 mobile-phone operator, said the new accord...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement on a new, five-year contract for Verizon Wireless technicians in the New York City area.CWA, which has been trading barbs in the press with the No. 1 mobile-phone operator, said the new accord...
WASHINGTON-A federal arbitrator has denied Verizon Wireless' effort to block organized labor from running ads critical of the No. 1 mobile-phone carrier and holding public demonstrations in front of its stores to air grievances.The Communications Workers of America, which represents 51 cell site workers...
WASHINGTON-Contract negotiations between union representatives and Verizon Wireless, which to date have been overshadowed by labor talks involving workers employed by the parent landline company, apparently have hit a snag and stolen the spotlight. Talks are scheduled to resume Wednesday in New Jersey to...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Communications Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the Communications Workers of America, to be effective when the current contract expires on March 16, for employees in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties and the Inland Empire region...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America last week accused Verizon Communications Inc. of violating last summer's labor agreement by blocking wireless and information services workers from unionizing."The company has been doing everything it can to mislead and intimidate workers and block their organizing efforts," said...
WASHINGTON-Nearly 700 employees of Cingular Wireless Inc. will be represented by the Communications Workers of America through a card check conducted by the American Arbitration Association.Under the card-check process, management recognizes the union when a majority of workers in a unit indicate support for...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America signed a contract with employees of the newly formed Cingular Wireless Inc. in Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland."The negotiations between several CWA regions and Cingular management were very positive and a good effort. Both sides were determined to...
WASHINGTON-Qwest Communications International Corp. was able to emerge from the union negotiating table without agreeing to allow the Communications Workers of America to have access to its wireless employees, something that neither Verizon Communications nor SBC Communications Inc. were able to do.Qwest announced Oct....
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could have a more difficult time offering bundled services to its customers after the business unit is separated from the parent group, according to one analyst.Now that AT&T has announced it will create four separate companies, each operating under the...
WASHINGTON-As the unlikely union of labor and business leaders ratcheted up pressure last week to kill legislation that would nix Deutsche Telekom AG's $50.7 billion purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., it appeared the controversy could get dragged into a bigger fight between European Union...
CanadaFuzion Wireless Communications said it launched its fixed wireless broadband services network in Ontario, Canada. Serving businesses in Toronto and other locations, Fuzion said it will deliver Internet connectivity at speeds from 500 kilobits per second to 45 Megabits per second.United StatesVerizon Communications and...
WASHINGTON-While the Communications Workers of America succeeded in winning concessions that make it easier to organize wireless workers at Verizon Communications-the nation's largest mobile phone and local telephone company-the prospect for widespread wireless unionization is challenged by a confluence of forces that conspire against...
WASHINGTON-While Verizon Communications workers strike in part to make it easier for its wireless workers to join unions, union issues have been largely settled at other companies.Before its workers began striking Aug. 6, Verizon Communications said it did not believe it was in a...
WASHINGTON-Whether Verizon Wireless employees can join a union was a key topic that may have led to a strike by Verizon Communications employees as of midnight Aug. 6.The Communications Workers of America released a statement late last week noting none of its issues had...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America will make unionization of wireless workers a priority when negotiations begin in two weeks on a new collective bargaining agreement with Bell Atlantic Corp., a strategy by organized labor that appears designed to take advantage of the high visibility...
