---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190403115711.GA3023@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 11:57:11 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon to shutter Austin site, lay off 133 Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Connect division in Austin is shutting down, resulting in 133 jobs lost, according to state records. The telecommunications titan reported the information to the Texas Workforce Commission on March 7 but an April 2 article in the Austin American-Statesman is shedding light on the topic. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/04/02/verizon-to-shutter-austin-site-lay-off-133.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190405213641.GA16864@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 21:36:41 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Secures Settlement with GDIT on Union Busting Charges In a victory for workers at federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), CWA has agreed to settle its charges that GDIT engaged in unlawful union-busting activity at call centers handling Medicare and Federal ACA Marketplace inquiries in Bogalusa, La., and Hattiesburg, Miss. The settlement agreement ensures that the call center workers know their rights under federal labor law, including the right to join together in a union to negotiate with their employer to get higher wages and better benefits. https://cwa-union.org/news/cwa-secures-settlement-gdit-on-union-busting-charges -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190408203746.GA29540@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 2:37:46 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Gatesville, TX police say 911 system is working Gatesville police say 911 system is working as of Friday morning 911 system working once again in Gatesville By: Caroline Sutton GATESVILLE, TX - Gatesville police say the 911 system in the city is now working as of Friday morning. The 911 system in the city was inoperable for hours on Thursday. https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/gatesville-police-say-911-system-is-inoperable -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 08 Apr 2019