Thread regarding Altice USA (Cablevision) layoffs

Altice pledges to cut $900 million out of Cablevision (Sept. 2015)

“I don’t like to pay salaries...I pay as little as I can.” Patrick Drahi (Sept. 2015)

"There are more than 300 people at Cablevision earning more than $300,000...... this we will change" Dexter Goei (Sept. 2015)

Some critics have said that the only way to achieve its cost cutting goal is to decimate customer service. Goei said that couldn’t be further from the truth: “Why would we ever do that? Why would we ever make our customers unhappy that they would want to churn and go somewhere else? That’s not what we’re talking about. This is not about doing large cuts in the workforce.” (June 2016)

Altice closes Suddenlink call center in Greenville, NC affecting 81 employees (July 2016)

Altice shut down Shelton call center and Stratford facility eliminating 600 employees. (Aug. 2016)

Altice closes Peekskill and Stamford warehouses, Logistics dept. eliminated (Sept. 2016)

Altice lay off in-house Security team (Oct. 2016)

Altice offers Voluntary Separation Package exclusively to field technicians (initially) (Oct. 2016)

Altice informs employees via email that they will no longer receive Holiday Bonus (referring to it as a “highly unique practice”) (Dec 2016)

Altice creates alter-ego company and coerce 90% of technicians to resign from their position with Altice and rehire them as day one federal contractors. (Dec. 2016)

Altice offers Voluntary Retirement Package to all employees that qualify (70-year rule) (Jan 2017)

Altice shuts down Bethpage warehouse eliminating 98 workers (March 2017)

Altice lays off Facilities dept. (outsourced to Cushman & Wakefield (April 2017)

Altice lays off Fleet dept. (April 2017)

Altice closes Suddenlink call center in Parkersburg, WV affecting 167 jobs (April 2017)

Local 3 goes on strike leading to a mass exodus of Altice technicians to immediately cross picket lines @ Spectrum. (effectively giving Spectrum maximum leverage against the union) (April 2017 till present)

Altice & Spectrum are represented by the same union-busting law firm (KM&M)

Altice lay off RCC department (Altice denied that they were customer facing employees even though there was evidence that said otherwise) (June 2017)

Altice eliminates all AUSA tech positions... they were forced into taking severance package or relocate to undesirable/onerous depot location. [Constructive Dismissal] (June 2017)

Altice closes Suddenlink call center in Lake Havasu, AZ (Sept. 2017)

Altice eliminates NJ ROC dept. (Dec. 2017)

Altice implements new paid time off policy in which total sick time is reduced to 56 hours, down from 80 AND all employees forfeit unused paid sick time at the end of the year. (Jan 2018)

Cablevision has been found guilty of unfair labor practices on multiple occassions over that past several years.

• 2012 - Dolan gives illegal raises to employees (to prevent Bronx from going union)

• 2013 - 22 Brooklyn techs illegally fired for calling a meeting with HR.

• 2014 - 6 Bronx OSP techs illegally transferred out of the depot for union activity.

• 2015 - Jericho TSR rep illegally fired after attempting to unionize the call center.

• 2016 - Hauppauge sales rep fired for attempting to unionize sales dept. (case pending before judge right now)