CWA - Communications Workers of America
10/08/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/08/2026 13:05
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Fighting for Fiber: How the FCC's Telecom Deregulation Is Harming Workers
Join CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. on October 14 for a national town hall to learn how you can help protect union telecom jobs.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is handing the big telecommunications carriers a much easier path to abandon copper phone service, with less public scrutiny and fewer state-level protections.
Every mile of copper retired without a fiber update puts union jobs at risk, while streamlined discontinuance rules give carriers the ability to reduce service and staffing commitments with less public oversight.
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