Labor’s foot in cable’s door
02.08.12
CWA and the workers at Brooklyn Cablevision won a decisive organizing drive using all the resources available. Read More »
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Verizon’s FIOS Commitment Stalls Despite Promises
10.25.11
While many Americans in Verizon's service area have high-speed fiber optic FiOS, millions are left out. Read More »
The Other Side Of The Digital Divide Fights Back In Buffalo
09.22.11
The Don't Bypass Buffalo Coalition ramped up the fight for broadband equality in that New York State city. Read More »
T-Mobile Workers Vote Union in Connecticut
07.25.11
Support from elected representatives in Connecticut and New York have helped in T-Mobile workers getting a voice on the job. Earlier this week, 15 T-Mobile USA technicians in Connecticut voted for representation by CWA-TU. Read More »
Buffalo Residents Protest Unequal Treatment From Verizon
07.25.11
On July 20, 2011, Buffalo NY residents testified at a Buffalo City Council meeting against Verizon discriminatory deployment of its high-speed broadband service. The giant telecom has brought state-of-the-art fiber optics — FiOS — to the suburbs of the Lake Erie city, but not to the city itself, despite lobbying by local leaders. Read More »
Mayor, City Residents, CWA Demand High-Speed Internet in Buffalo
04.21.11
Business growth in city centers is increasingly reliant on broadband speed. Connected communities can support new economic endeavors and provide their residents with greater health and education opportunities. In Buffalo, the need for high-speed connectivity has resulted in a city-wide campaign to bring Verizon FiOS broadband to neighborhoods in need. Read More »
Schools and Libraries Connecting the Unconnected
03.31.11
About 100 million Americans do not have broadband access at home. Numerous surveys tell us why: lower-income people can't afford computers and Internet access, many people don't know how to use the technology, others don't see the value of the Internet, and about 12-24 million Americans still don't have access to broadband networks. Read More »
CWA and Speed Matters release 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in All 50 States
12.15.10
On Wednesday, December 15, the Communications Workers of America and the Speed Matters campaign released the 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in all 50 States. Read More »
Commerce announces $28.5 million in grant money for One Economy
04.30.10
Speed Matters' partner One Economy was awarded $28.5 million in grant money to expand high-speed Internet in underserved communities in the latest round of NITA's Broadband Opportunity funding. Read More »
Commerce Dept. Funds Internet Training Programs in California, New York
03.25.10
The Commerce Department has announced broadband investments totaling more than $29 million for the nation's two largest cities, Los Angeles and New York. The grants target computer-training programs and will allow more than 30,000 low-income students and their families online access to educational, employment, and health information. Read More »
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