AT&T Suggests To 300K Employees To Lobby the FCC

Several readers sent in the news that AT&T's top lobbyist sent a letter to all 300,000 employees urging them to give feedback to the FCC as it gears up for rulemaking on net neutrality. He even supplied talking points approved by the PR department. The lobbyist, Jim Cicconi, suggested that employees use their personal email accounts when they weigh in with the FCC. Pro-net-neutrality group Free Press has now likened Cicconi's letter to astroturfing: "Coming from one of the company’s most senior executives, it’s hard to imagine AT&T employees thinking the memo was merely a suggestion."

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Begone with yer net neutrality!

[beatsme]

Spoke the sheep.

Re:Please People, You're Spreading Misinformation

[mweather]

So what does the union do when you don't vote their way? Stop charging you dues?

Re:Please People, You're Spreading Misinformation

[The_Quinn]

Government-backed unions coerce employers to negotiate with them, restrict non-union workers from being hired, mandate arbitrary make-work schemes and featherbedding practices--and, at times, have assaulted and even murdered workers independent enough to cross picket lines during strikes. - Andrew Bernstein

Just look at the failure and subsequent nationalization of General Motors for an example of union power.