Message-ID: <20220328004540.19C8779A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:45:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Frontier Communications workers continue to bargain, says
CWA
CWA members at Frontier Communications in California are bargaining
for a new contract after a previous deal was rejected by the
membership. During last week's bargaining session, the bargaining team
emphasized the workers' overwhelming rejection of the previous
tentative agreement and called on the company to get serious and hear
the workers' concerns on job security, healthcare, grievances, work
from home conditions, and more. The members are ramping up their
mobilization to strengthen their power at the bargaining table. Last
Saturday the workers and supporters rallied to send a clear message to
Frontier: “We aren't going anywhere until we get a fair contract.”
https://cwad9.org/news/bargaining-update-33
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Message-ID: <20220328005633.B2B1779A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:56:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWA Bargaining Update: AT&T Mobility and DirecTV (Orange)
The AT&T Mobility Orange bargaining team reached agreement on a
second three-week extension to continue negotiations for a fair
contract. While there has been some progress, AT&T has not met
CWA's reasonable demands on healthcare, scheduling, compensation, and
more. Notably, the company continues to offer proposals that could
lead to skyrocketing health care costs with a devastating economic
impact for people who get sick and need benefits the most.
At DirecTV, bargaining continues under a 72-hour rolling contract
extension as members at call centers in Eden Prairie, Minn.;
Huntington, W.Va.; and Englewood, Colo., mobilize to show the company
that they won't back down.
https://cwa-union.org/news/bargaining-update-189
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Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.2203270033360.7920@panix5.panix.com>
Date: 27 Mar 2022 00:50:06 +0000
From: "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com>
Subject: anyone have a contact for industry group "Insight 100"?
About two decades ago I was tangentially involved with a volunteer
ambulance agency which was petitioning the FCC for a waiver to allow
it to get "blocked" caller ID.
They argued they were similar to a "911 PSAP", and getting the caller
ID would help in emergency response.
(They, like many other EMS and volunteer fire departments of that
time, used "regular" 7 digit numbers. A hefty chunk of them have
since been hooked into regional "911" systems, but lots are still self
standing).
As part of their pleading, they brought up the earlier request of
"Insight 100", an industry group of universities, hospitals, and
similar agencies, which got a waiver on caller ID blocks for calls to
the public safety offices, emergency departments, and the like.
The "Insight 100" name came about because many of these places were
using the Nortel DMS 100 phone switch.
I'm in the middle of a thankless battle, trying to help a local
hospital with a caller ID number/name mismatch, and would _love_ to
get some heavyweights to give us a hand. Especially since this is
likely a pretty common issue.
To my suprise I can't seem to find any current info on "Insight 100".
I've written to a couple of the specific facilities in the FCC filings
from 20 years ago but none have gotten back to me.
Thanks for any assistance.
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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
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