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Bargaining for AT&T Southeast employees continues following Aug. 8 contract expiration Some 28,000 AT&T Southeast union employees, represented by the Communications Workers of America, have joined nearly 40,000 of their counterparts from Verizon in working without a collectively bargained employment agreement. The AT&T Southeast worker contract...

Major companies are getting involved in the #ILookLikeanEngineer Twitter campaign aimed at breaking gender stereotypes in science and engineering. Ericsson, Caterpillar, Microsoft and Xerox are just a few of the companies showing their support for gender diversity in technology fields. ...

Verizon Communications has been in deadlocked negotiations with union workers about pension and health care benefits since June 22. One deadline for a deal already came and went with no progress. The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers also are...

Communications Workers of America continue working without new Verizon agreement; National Wireless Safety Association announces board of governors and roadmap for tower climber assessment and certification programs This episode of Inside Telecom Careers is sponsored by Nexius: Accelerating Network and Business Transformation This week on "Inside Telecom...

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv's weekly programing. On last week’s episode of Coder’s features special guest, Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and Co-Founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app...

Group of 20 members of the US House of Representatives ask parent Deutsche Telekom for answers Following up on grievances aired by T-Mobile US union labor, a group of 20 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the CEO of parent company Deutsche...

Employees will continue to work as negotiations continue after Aug. 1 contract expiration Despite the lingering threat of a work stoppage, some 38,000 unionized Verizon Communications employees did not move forward with a strike following the midnight, Aug. 1, expiration of their contract. Verizon and representatives...

Deadline for strike is Aug. 1 Midnight on Aug. 1 is the deadline for Verizon Communications and 38,000 of its union workers in New England to come to terms on a new contract or face a strike. So far, there has been no major progress in...

When RF engineer David Ohanlon took a contract job working for C Spire Wireless through LCC, he thought he’d be installing small cells or a distributed antenna system. These are technologies Ohanlon knows well, but in his new job he has hasn’t spent time...

TIRAP provides DOL-credentialed apprenticeship programs What is the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprentice Program? Watch the latest episode of Inside Telecom Careers, hosted by Karla Macias and Jeff Mucci, as they discuss and view a recent interview with Jonathan Adelstein, CEO for PCIA - The Wireless Infrastructure Association. While details...

In another sign that smartphone sales may be leveling off, Samsung said today that profits for its mobile device unit were down more than 37% versus last year. Samsung's profits have been falling for 5 quarters now, but this report is a clear indication...

Google Express workers in the Bay Area are putting the wheels in motion to unionize. Labor organizers and the Teamsters Union are preparing to represent 140 low-wage warehouse workers employed by Adecco, a temp agency that provides delivery services for Google Express. “The reports we...

Announcement of job cuts follows large-scale corporate restructuring in European markets Global telecom company Vodafone Group this week announced it will cut around 1,300 jobs from its Spanish operation, which equates to around 22% of the company’s workforce in Spain. The move comes following Vodafone’s $8...

Find out how much the CEOs of telecom lobbying groups like CTIA earn WASHINGTON – The publicly released 2013 tax filings for some of the nation’s biggest telecom lobbying groups detail high-end executive salaries and impressive revenue. Leading the pack was the National Cable & Telecommunications...

Ericsson believes promotions will improve attrition rates around the world In an effort to retain the best talent, telecom equipment giant, Ericsson, is reportedly making a concerted effort to promote more workers from its Indian business to executive positions around the world to increase its global talent...

CWA claims 86% of workers approve Verizon strike The Communications Workers of America over the weekend reported 86% of Verizon Communication employees represented by the labor group voted to authorize a strike should the two parties fail to come to a labor agreement. The current agreement,...

WASHINGTON – Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon Communications has been distributing an app to its non-union employees that will allow them to document bad behavior by union workers in the event of a work stoppage. The app is designed to allow the...

Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated agreement with mobile operators including Verizon and AT&T Watch RCRtv - Fiber splicing training for CWA and IBEW workers from APT...

Pressured by Chinese competitors and domestic investors, Qualcomm has decided to undertake a "strategic realignment" that will include roughly 4,500 layoffs. Qualcomm said it will streamline its engineering operations and consolidate some offices. The world's largest maker of chips for mobile devices employs more than...

Tower climber fatalities, lack of standards, LTE technology and need for formalized apprenticeships are driving material changes in tower climber training and certification programs Listen to podcast Tower climber training programs were the focus of this week's episode of "Inside Telecom Careers".  JP Jones, Vice President...

Verizon lists 9 currently available jobs with diverse requirements Verizon Communications might not seem like the most worker-friendly place for at least some employees, but the telecommunications giant remains one of the largest employers in the country, counting more than 176,000 people on its payroll. The company...

Wireless industry leaders gathered at the White House on Wednesday to meet with representatives from the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House National Economic Council, the White House Chief Technology Office, the Department of Labor, the Veterans Administration, the Department...

Labor negotiations for 38,000 union employees ongoing; Verizon has prepped for potential strike Contract talks for some 38,000 unionized Verizon employees are not going well, according to dispatches from Communication Workers of America labor leaders. In a July 13 bargaining update, leadership for CWA District 1,...

Goal is one-third Hispanic, African-American workforce Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure reportedly wants more diversity at his company. At a Hispanic national convention in Kansas City, he set a goal for his company to have one-third of its workforce made up of Hispanic and African-American employees,...