---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190531212541.GA20738@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 21:25:41 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: 6 Things AT&T Shareholders Should Know About the Company's Operations Despite its strong performance, AT&T long-term growth and market success may be at risk, not only from intense competition but also from the company's decisions that undermine quality customer service and core capabilities. More than 38,000 AT&T wireless and wireline workers are negotiating with AT&T for fair contracts that invest in the company's long-term strength and deliver on the basic promises that customers expect and pay good money for. https://cwa-union.org/6-things-att-shareholders-should-know-about-companys-operations -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190531212905.GA20781@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 21:29:05 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T 2018 Jobs Report [Telecom] Telecom Giant Hollows Out Middle Class Workforce and Outsources to Global Contractors, Even as it Reaps Tax Windfall Iconic U.S. telecom giant AT&T received an unprecedented windfall from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which President Trump signed into law in December 2017. But despite this massive boost to its profits, the company is choosing to undercut and offshore American jobs. So far in 2018, AT&T has eliminated 10,700 union jobs across its business and announced the closure of three more call centers in the Midwest. https://cwa-union.org/sites/default/files/201901-att-offshoring-report.pdf -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190601200632.GA5468@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 20:06:32 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Members Win Protections for Call Center Jobs in Colorado and Alabama (This is from the CWA newsletter) CWAers are mobilizing to protect call center jobs from offshoring! Here are the new updates on CWA members' hard work to pass state legislation to keep these jobs in our communities: Colorado This week, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Monitoring Colorado Call Center Job Losses Act, HB19-1306, into law. The bill will require the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to keep a list of Colorado call center jobs, including those which have been replaced by overseas call centers, and require the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to issue an annual report to state lawmakers on those call center job losses. "I've seen first-hand how companies harm working families in Colorado by laying off call center jobs and moving operations overseas. Corporations shouldn't be able to pit call center workers across the world against each other in a global race to the bottom," said Sandra Parker-Murray, Customer Service Coordinator and member of CWA Local 7777 in Denver. CWA members joined Colorado Governor Jared Polis as he signed the Monitoring Colorado Call Center Job Losses Act, HB19-1306, into law. ~~~ Alabama The Alabama Senate voted 32-0 to pass SB110, which contains strong notification requirements for companies that offshore 30% or more call volume at an Alabama call center, required repayment of unearned taxpayer dollars received to create call center jobs, and a five-year restriction on state benefits for employers who act in bad faith. Next, the bill will go to the governor's desk. -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190601201037.GA5491@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 20:10:37 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New Report: The GOP Corporate Tax Cut Bill is Doing Nothing for Working People (This is from the CWA newsletter) A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reveals the ugly truth about the Republican corporate tax cut bill - that in the time it's been in effect, it has only enriched the wealthiest executives while doing nothing to raise wages for working people. Instead of providing the benefits that Republicans promised to workers, the bill has triggered a record-breaking amount of stock buybacks - $1 trillion announced by the end of 2018 - maneuvers that only benefited shareholders. CWA members have seen this firsthand at companies like AT&T, where thousands of workers in the Midwest, Puerto Rico, and in the national AT&T Legacy T unit have been fighting for fair contracts with good benefits that keep good jobs in their communities. AT&T promised to create jobs if Congress passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. However, since this tax cut was passed, AT&T has cut more than 23,000 employees and sent thousands of union jobs to low-wage contractors and overseas. Read more about the effects of the tax bill here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-tax-law-bonuses_n_5ced9ad0e4b0ae6710585605?link_id=16&can_id=5839731f474911c89cd119b4f539aa2f&source=email-fighting-atts-job-cuts-across-the-country&email_referrer=email_556530&email_subject=fighting-atts-job-cuts-across-the-country -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 03 Jun 2019