Communications Workers of America

CWA's Larry Cohen on Comcast-NBC

Stevie Converse — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:12:01 -0500

CWA President Larry Cohen took issue with the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Feb. 25, 2010.

AT&T Has Agreements Covering 97% of Wireline Union Workers

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:50:47 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
AT&T announced that it has reached a tentative deal with the Communications Workers of America in core wireline contract negotiations in the Southeast region, giving the telco agreements covering nearly 97 percent of the 120,000 employees covered under the company's core wireline contracts.

Broadband Call to Action

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:06:25 -0500

Full article: Future of Music Coalition
A range of groups from the public and private sector demonstrated their support for a national broadband strategy. Nonprofit public interest groups Free Press, Public Knowledge, Media Access Project and the New America Foundation joined telecom and Internet titans AT&T and Google to advocate for affordable broadband access for all Americans.

Congress Takes Step Toward High-Speed Broadband

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:06:43 -0400

Full article: AFL-CIO
Mike Hall
This week Congress took, what Communications Workers of America resident Larry Cohen called, "a good first step" to moving the nation toward high-speed broadband when it approved the Broadband Improvement Act.

Groups Call for National Broadband Policy

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:10:03 -0400

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross
Congress must set goals for broadband rollout and speed and increase financial incentives for broadband providers to improve their networks, witnesses at a Senate hearing said. The United States trails behind many countries in both average broadband speed and broadband adoption.

Study Shows U.S. Broadband Speeds Continue to Lag

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:30:45 -0400

Full article: CNet
Marguerite Reardon
The average download and upload speeds for broadband services have remained relatively unchanged over the past year as the United States continues to lag behind other countries in terms of broadband speeds, according to a report published by the Communications Workers of America.

Union, Industry Push for Congressional Broadband Action

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:34:21 -0400

Full article: TelecomWeb
The Communications Workers of America, a union representing 700,000 workers in the communications and media sectors, has joined with industry in calling on House and Senate leaders to support legislation aimed at developing a national broadband policy.