Women in Cable & Telecom (WICT) expressed concern about FCC’s rec...
Women in Cable & Telecom (WICT) expressed concern about FCC’s recent report showing that women held fewer jobs in cable industry than year ago (CD Jan 18 p10). Of 2,752 overall jobs lost in cable 1998-1999, group said women…
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lost “a startling 2,025, or 74%.” WICT called it “even more troubling” that women made up “just 34.4% of officials and managers for cable operators” in 1999, down from 35.2% in 1998 and 36% in 1997. Group warned again that if trend continued, “it would begin to cripple” cable industry as it competed with other industries for top talent. It urged cable operators to “make the fundamental changes that will address these employment issues” and provide women with more female role models, more opportunities for advancement and greater recognition of company contributions.