Midwestern politicians send AT&T letters asking it to suspend job cuts and off-shoring of jobs

Numerous politicians across Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana released letters on Wednesday asking AT&T to suspend its job cuts in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

A press release from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said the letters, which were from more than 50 elected officials, to AT&T CEO John Stankey also requested that AT&T stop off-shoring jobs.

Since receiving $21 billion from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, AT&T has steadily cut jobs each quarter, despite promises to create 7,000 new jobs, CWA said in its release. Overall, AT&T has eliminated over 40,000 jobs, including more than 3,500 CWA-represented positions in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana.

In their letters to Stankey, United States representatives Rashida Tlaib (D) and Andy Levin (D) of Michigan, Wisconsin senator Chris Larson (D), and the mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, Jamael Tito Brown (D), along with other government officials, laid out a set of recommendations for AT&T:

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