State Telecom Activities

摘要

Communications Workers of America is still concerned with Verizon’s shift to Voice Link in NewnYork regions beyond the regulator-sanctioned deployment on Fire Island. District 1 Vice President ChristophernShelton emphasized these concerns in a Friday letter to the New York State Public Service Commission.n“In recent days, CWA members have observed that repair call centers in New York City are nownassigning employees to Voice Link jobs,” he said (http://bit.ly/145l2BF). “In addition, CWA membersnreport that technicians are receiving specialized Voice Link installation training and are being assigned toncarry out installations in the Buffalo and Watertown areas.” Verizon has defended its deployments, criticizednby CWA as well as the New York State attorney general’s office, as an optional offering and not restrictednby a May PSC order. Shelton called that claim “highly suspect, since customers are led to understandnthat Verizon will not provide timely repair of their wireline service.”