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Verizon Bargaining Update
Verizon workers and customers are extremely frustrated that company executives are not more serious about bargaining. Today, CWA and IBEW met with Verizon to discuss the contract covering workers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia, but after 30 minutes and more demands to devastate workers' jobs, company executives left for the weekend.
Nationwide Rally Against GE Changes to Retiree Healthcare
We will be having a NATIONWIDE RALLY(s) on Weds, April 27...the Day of GE's Annual Shareowners Meeting. Kevin Mahar, from IUE-CWA Local 201, in Lynn, MA, will have a Group of Retirees in Jacksonville
Verizon Strike Update: 40K on Strike and What it Means
Yesterday, nearly 40,000 brave working people from Massachusetts to Virginia went on strike to protect good jobs and ensure quality service. It is the largest national strike in recent years.
CWA Statement on Verizon CEO's Attack on Working People
Lowell McAdam's economic and moral theories are completely hollow, and his name-calling of Senator Sanders is another example of Verizon's boundless arrogance and greed.
Elected and Community Leaders to Join Verizon Strikers in Brooklyn, Long Island and Newark
Elected leaders and supporters from across the Tri-State area are rallying with striking Verizon workers at three picket lines at noon today. Before striking, Verizon workers had tried for ten months to reach fair agreement with the telecom giant, but the company has continued to insist on extreme cutbacks that would devastate workers’ families.