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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IEEE salary survey: communications technology engineers top survey with $150,000 median income; salary gender and ethnic gaps close
The IEEE salary survey ranked communications technology engineers as having the highest median pretax income of $150,000, while the overall median income for all IEEE-USA members surveyed was...
Verizon Wireless lists a range of newer tech workforce skills with potential
The telecom market today is straining to fill positions across the board, with recent government numbers showing the telecom unemployment rate in October hitting its lowest point of the year, and significantly down...
Telecom unemployment is 1.4%, the lowest point in 2015, down from ten-year high of 11.5% in August 2010
In this week's Telecom Careers Insider, RCR Wireless News takes a look at the following industry trends:
Telecom unemployment - By the numbers
Austin Technology Council quantifies tech funding...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, telecom industry unemployment was 1.4% in October
The latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released each month, indicate October marked the low point in 2015 (so far) of unemployment for the telecom workforce.
According to figures,...
Verizon offers union workers a 2.5% raise in first year of proposed 3-year contract
WASHINGTON – Since Aug. 1, 38,000 Verizon Communications union employees affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been working without a contract. That...
Resolving customer issues is a key focus of any successful company. Many dedicate groups of engineers to the task of identifying customer issues and fixing them.
On this edition of “Gigs,” we talk with Maggie Swisulski, a customer quality engineer at GE Energy Management about...
