---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190323152924.GA11465@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:29:24 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Largest strike of 2019 (This is from the CWA newsletter) University of California More than 40,000 University of California employees went on strike on Wednesday for 24 hours across UC campuses and medical centers in the largest strike of 2019. UPTE-CWA Research (RX) and Technical (TX) members are striking for a fair contract, and UPTE-CWA Healthcare and AFSCME workers went on strike in solidarity. They were joined on the picket lines by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who spoke at a rally at UCLA, and other elected officials including Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Assemblymember David Chiu. University of California's bargaining team recently presented what they are calling a "Last, Best, and Final Offer" for Research and Technical members of UPTE-CWA. The offer still contains unnecessary and unacceptable cuts including eliminating step increases for pay, no daily overtime or protections for full-time work, putting pension benefits in jeopardy by pushing new hires to choose a risky 401(k), and more. The offer would also limit the right to file a grievance in cases of sexual harassment and sexual violence. -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190322180733.GA7624@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:07:33 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Security Authorizations Trickle In As Deadlines Near on $50 Billion Telecom Contract By Aaron Boyd So far, only one vendor on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract has gotten an authority to operate - an important requirement that could complicate the upcoming transition. Agencies have until September to award task orders off the massive Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecommunications contract, but as of Thursday, only one vendor has met the security requirements to be eligible for award. https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2019/03/security-authorizations-trickle-deadlines-near-50-billion-telecom-contract/155751/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <49E81868-6F79-40FA-91A4-F2BC4FD79E49@roscom.com> Date: 24 Mar 2019 15:24:10 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: When a Phone App Opens Your Apartment Door, but You Just Want a Key Residents of a Manhattan building where tenants must use an app to open the lobby door have filed a lawsuit challenging the practice. By Corina Knoll A lawsuit filed in October in Housing Court in Manhattan by [an elderly] couple and three other tenants of the West 45th Street building demands that the landlord give them access to all the entryways without having to use a keyless entry system. But it also has opened a wider debate over privacy, ageism and renter's rights that has inspired new legislation in Albany. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/nyregion/keyless-apartment-entry-nyc.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 26 Mar 2019