---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190915225119.GA26960@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:51:19 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Corporate Raider Targets AT&T Workers Vulture hedge fund Elliott Management is pushing for changes at AT&T that would lead to drastic job cuts, increased use of authorized retailers at AT&T Mobility and the sale of part of AT&T's existing wireline footprint. In a statement opposing Elliott's plans, CWA President Chris Shelton said, "Elliott Management has taken the obsession with shareholder value to an extreme, pushing proposals that in the end benefit only a small subset of shareholders - themselves. Anyone who thinks that Paul Singer and Elliott Management intend to 'deliver far-reaching benefits' to AT&T's customers is not familiar with the destruction this vulture hedge fund leaves in its wake. Working people are putting the vultures on notice. We will no longer feed your greed." https://cwa-union.org/news/corporate-raider-targets-att-workers -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190915225636.GA27010@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:56:36 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Severed cable leaves Bainbridge Island without internet, cell service By Christian Vosler BAINBRIDGE ISLAND - About 2,500 customers have been without internet and phone service on Bainbridge Island since Thursday afternoon after an underwater CenturyLink cable was severed. The company announced on social media that an "unrelated" contractor installing pylons in Eagle Harbor had damaged an underwater cable, leaving many residents and businesses on the island without cell service or internet. https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/code-911/2019/09/13/severed-cable-leaves-bainbridge-island-without-internet-cell-service/2315956001/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190915224404.GA26827@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:44:04 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Ex-AT&T Worker Can't Proceed Collectively In Age Bias Suit A laid-off AT&T employee can't include other colleagues in her lawsuit claiming the telecommunications giant discriminated against older workers by having them sign an invalid release of claims, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, saying she missed her chance to pursue a collective action. https://www.law360.com/telecom/articles/1198853/ex-at-t-worker-can-t-proceed-collectively-in-age-bias-suit -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 17 Sep 2019