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Omaha Steve

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:46 PM Jun 2014

AT&T Merger With DirecTV Could Bring 16,000 More Workers Into Unions


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http://laborradio.org/2014/06/att-merger-with-directv-could-bring-16000-more-workers-into-unions/

Posted: June 24, 2014 by laborradio

By Doug Cunningham
AT&’s merger with DirecTV could bring 16,000 more workers into union ranks. AT&T, which already has 41,000 union employees, is buying DirecTV for $49 billion. The Communications Workers of America saysit believes the merger can provide real benefits to workers and to consumers. AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson says the company has a long history of working with its union members and the DirecTV workers will be free to decide for themselves whether or not to join a union. CWA says AT&T respects the rights of its workers to decide for themselves ion union representation. Federal regulators must still approve of the merger.


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AT&T Merger With DirecTV Could Bring 16,000 More Workers Into Unions (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP
Probably not worth it Doctor_J Jun 2014 #1
 

Doctor_J

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1. Probably not worth it
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:31 PM
Jun 2014

16,000 more union members is great, but these repeated mergers are really bad over the long haul, for workers.

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