Union Doesn't Want Sprint/T-Mobile Merger

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- In a reply brief filed on Friday with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9 demonstrates that the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger is "not in the public interest and cannot lawfully be approved as structured" and calls on the CPUC to "deny the proposed merger as currently structured." The brief notes that the merger would:

"[E]liminate more than 3,000 California jobs, increase wireless employers' power to unilaterally set wages and combine two companies with a long history of labor and employment violations. The proposed merger also raises serious competitive concerns that would disproportionately impact low- and moderate-income customers.

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