Message-ID: <20210531181038.71DF4799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 18:10:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: AT&T's WarnerMedia/Discovery Deal Needs More Scrutiny
May 20, 2021
AT&T announced a plan this week to spin off its WarnerMedia division
and combine it into a new company with Discovery. CWA is concerned
about the impact of this plan on media workers' jobs and wages and is
calling for greater scrutiny from regulators.
Three years ago, CWA supported AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner after
assurances that workers at the new company would be able to join a
union without interference from management and engage in collective
bargaining.
AT&T did not keep its promise to the workers.
https://cwa-union.org/news/atts-warnermediadiscovery-deal-needs-more-scrutiny
Message-ID: <20210601164536.4B1E172B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 16:45:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Attorney General Of Quebec V. Canadian Wireless
Telecommunications Association
by Michael Lipton, QC and Kevin Weber
In 2016, the Québec provincial government adopted an omnibus law that
set out a large number of budgetary measures. Included in this omnibus
legislation were provisions that purported to amend sections 260.33 to
260.37 of the Consumer Protection Act (the "CPA") to require that
internet service providers ("ISP"s) take steps to block persons in
Québec from accessing online gambling sites other than those
conducted and managed by Loto-Québec (the "Provincial Provisions")
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (known in French
as the Association canadienne des télécommunicationsns sans fil) (the
"Association"), a non-profit association representing the wireless
telecommunications industry, commenced an application in the Montreal
Superior Court, challenging the validity, applicability, and
operability of the Provincial Provisions.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/gaming/1073944/attorney-general-of-queb=ec-v-canadian-wireless-telecommunications-association-procureur-gnral-du-qu=bec-v-association-canadienne-des-tlcommunications-sans-fil?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210531231041.1C7E3799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 23:10:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: CWA Activists Build Support for the PRO Act
CWA activists from across the Southeast teamed up this week to call
voters to share information about the PRO Act and ask them to contact
Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) about the
bill. The PRO Act will make it easier for workers to join unions,
shift power away from CEOs to workers, and give us more leverage in
contract negotiations. Make sure your Senators know you want them to
support the bill.
https://cwa-union.org/news/cwa-activists-build-support-for-pro-act
