If they think that they can win market share by providing a cheaper product or service through lower paid labor, they will. That strategy doesn't work for us. CWA members only win through HIGH ROAD competition. We must insist that our employers compete on high wages, high productivity and quality products and services. We must bargain high wage, high skill, high productivity contracts.
Competition also presents challenges.
With deregulation, our employers will lose traditional market share. We estimate anywhere from 3-6 percent each year. In response, our employers will try to grow faster. Today, traditional local exchange is 70 percent of total revenues. But that will fall in the future as competitors pick up market share and they go into new businesses.