CWA: ‘Stop funding Musk’

CWA protesting T-Mobile deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, taking action at Seattle’s T-Mobile park 

The following is from the Communications Workers of America:

SEATTLE, WA (June 30, 2025) — In July, T-Mobile will launch its “T-Satellite” program in partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service. Musk, who is the wealthiest person in the world, stands to gain billions from this deal.

He has already spent nearly half a billion dollars to help elect politicians who support cutting programs that help working people so the very rich can pay less in taxes.

Musk is using the influence he bought to try and siphon public funds from high-quality broadband built out by CWA members into Starlink. Our communities need more good union jobs and high-speed fiber internet, not unreliable satellite internet.

To top it off, T-Mobile and Musk both have a history of retaliating against workers for organizing. Musk fought against workers forming a union at Tesla plants, and T-Mobile retaliated against workers who tried to form a union with CWA. Musk also has teamed up with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to try to permanently shut down the National Labor Relations Board, leaving workers without a way to enforce their right to organize, bargain, and strike.

We’re holding billionaires like Elon Musk and companies like T-Mobile accountable for the damage they are doing to our jobs and our communities.

TAKE A STAND: Join local CWA members and allies at T-Mobile park TODAY, Monday June 30 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. (1250 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134). CWA is also urging all supporters to sign their petition to T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and the company’s Board of Directors to ditch the deal.