---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191001135151.GA10245@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:51:51 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Bargaining and Mobilization Update September 26, 2019 Frontier Communications Frontier Communications workers in California rallied in Pomona on Friday calling on the company to honor its contract with its employees, and demanding a stop to the company's offshoring of jobs. They also showed their support for workers in Connecticut who are negotiating a new contract to replace their contract that expires in mid-October. "We are making it known to Frontier that our top priority is keeping good jobs in our communities," said CWA District 9 Vice President Frank Arce. "In addition to providing better service for its customers, the company must not leave its employees behind. Frontier workers deserve nothing less than a fair contract." https://cwa-union.org/news/bargaining-and-mobilization-update-11 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191001141548.GA10435@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 14:15:49 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Mass surveillance threatens reporting that relies on confidential sources RCFP is arguing for the reversal of a district court decision in a case challenging mass surveillance by NSA. By BASMA HUMADI Digital illustration of a laptop with a watchful eye on the screen. Taken from Flickr. Government mass surveillance can chill or com- promise newsgathering that relies on confidential reporter-source communications, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press told the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this month when urging it to reverse a California district court's order dismissing the case in Jewel v. National Security Agency. https://www.rcfp.org/nsa-mass-surveillance-against-journalist/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191001141043.GA10355@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 14:10:43 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Union Urges AT&T to Reject Activist Investor Elliott's Proposals Union Urges AT&T to Reject Activist Investor's "Archetype Ploy of Vulture Capitalists" by Georg Szalai Communications Workers of America president Chris Shelton in a letter argues that Elliott Management's proposals are a "stale critique" that is "flawed in key respects." AT&T's main labor union, the Communications Workers of America, has reiterated that it wants the telecom giant to reject activist investor Elliott Management's proposals for a shakeup of the company, describing it an "archetype ploy of vulture capitalists." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/union-urges-at-t-reject-activist-investor-elliotts-proposals-1244509 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 02 Oct 2019