Next Generation Communications

[August 31, 2011]

CWA: DOJ Lawsuit to Block AT&T/T-Mobile Merger is Wrong Decision for Jobs, Workers' Rights, Broadband Buildout

The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to seek to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile (News - Alert) USA is simply wrong.

In today's sinking economy, where millions of Americans are looking for work, the DOJ has decided to oppose a merger that will create as many as 96,000 quality jobs. In the U.S., where too many Americans, especially in rural areas, don't have access to the tools of Internet technology, the DOJ has determined that a plan tobuild out high speed wireless access to 97 percent of the country should be opposed.

In a nation where workers' rights are routinely violated, as occurs everyday at T-Mobile, the DOJ apparently believes that workers should be on their own instead of having a fair choice about union representation.

The DOJ's action has put good jobs and workers' rights at the bottom of the government's priorities. Just yesterday, AT&T (News - Alert) announced that it would return a net 5,000 jobs to the U.S. on completion of the merger. That is the kind of corporate responsibility that more employers in the U.S. should demonstrate if we are ever to have an economy recovery.

Instead of acting to block this merger, our government should be looking to support companies that create and keep good jobs in the United States.

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