Message-ID: <20220609203417.5A7CA7ED@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 20:34:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWA Organizing Update: Cognizant (Google)
Last week, Google Maps contract workers with Cognizant informed
management that they planned to go on strike due to the unsafe working
conditions imposed by the company's requirement that they return to
the office on short notice. Shortly after, workers received an email
that the company had been granted a 90-day extension on the return to
office date. Many of the workers are members of Alphabet Workers
Union-CWA (AWU-CWA), which agreed to provide organizing, strategic,
and financial support for the planned strike.
https://cwa-union.org/news/organizing-update-160
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Message-ID: <20220610155106.610097C0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:51:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Hawaii State Senate Requests Study of Broadband Access
Requesting The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office To Conduct A
Data Mapping Study To Identify Geographically Underserved And Unserved
Areas In The State That Lack Quality Broadband Connectivity.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the
State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives
concurring, that the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office
(Office) is requested to conduct a data mapping study to identify
geographically underserved and unserved areas in the State that lack
quality broadband connectivity; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting its mapping study, the
Office is requested to use the broadband definitions of "underserved"
and "unserved" in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 2021,
Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office is requested to make
adjustments, while preserving high granularity, in the mapping to best
align with the Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data
Collection program that is scheduled to launch this upcoming summer
and is driven by the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological
Availability Act, which allows for upload by organizations in addition
to the cable and telecom carriers and includes broadband fabric data
to identify every serviceable location in Hawaii
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/SCR41_HD1_.HTM
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***** Moderator's Note *****
Sometimes, I come across things which cause me to scratch my head and
think "Why bother?" This is one of them.
AFAICT, the Hawaii Senate is telling The Hawaii Broadband And Digital
Equity Office to copy the map the FCC is about to prepare. Would
someone please tell me why they would do that?
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20220609204542.1C5C47ED@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 20:45:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWA: Building Broadband Better in Nevada
Last week, CWA Broadband Brigade member and Local 9413 President Marc
Ellis joined other labor leaders to meet with Vice President Kamala
Harris in Reno, Nev. During the meeting, Ellis discussed CWA's
campaign in Nevada to build broadband better by ensuring taxpayer
funds support good, union jobs and equitable broadband expansion. The
Vice President expressed her support and the Administration's
commitment to ensure that the millions of dollars Nevada will receive
in federal broadband funding go to good jobs and high-speed internet
access for all communities in the state.
https://cwa-union.org/news/e-newsletter/2022-06-09
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