T-Mobile, Sprint Promise No NY Job Cuts for 2 Years
T-Mobile and Sprint committed to keeping New York jobs and disputed Communications Workers of America and Public Utility Law Project concerns at the New York Public Service Commission (see 1901040041). "New T-Mobile will maintain the total number of direct employees…
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in New York for at least two years following the Merger," the carriers replied in case 18-C-0396. The new company’s 5G network investment will mean “thousands” of company jobs in New York, they said. Within a year, the new company plans to employ 3,600 more direct U.S. employees than the two companies would have separately, they said. The deal won't harm low-income or minority communities in New York, “core customers for both companies,” the carriers said: They opposed any conditions. CWA and PULP pay "little to no attention" to PSC jurisdiction, limited to the indirect CLEC acquisition of Sprint's wireline business.