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Verizon's '1 Percent' Business Model Exposed at Occupy D.C. Teach-In

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November 10, 2011
At an Occupy D.C. teach-in covered by C-Span and other media this week, a CWA panelist called out Verizon for following a national business model of corporate irresponsibility that has "created austerity for many in order to generate prosperity for the few."

Website Helps Working Families Make Finance, Investing Decisions

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November 10, 2011
Have questions about buying or renting a home? Need a strategy to pay off debt or save for college? A new website from the National Labor College is bursting with information to help you make a wide range of personal finance and investing decisions.

The 99% on the March

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November 9, 2011
Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers of America, will walk more than 150 miles over 8 days from Occupy Albany to Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, home to Occupy Wall Street, to highlight Verizon and Verizon Wireless's greedy attempt to slash hundreds of millions in benefits for workers across the Northeast while the company's profits soar. The marchers will reach New York City on November 17th ? a day of nationwide actions against corporate greed.

Verizon Workers Marched for the 99% in 2011

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November 9, 2011

As Verizon continues to offer proposals aimed to destroy middle-class jobs and cut benefits, Verizon workers are hitting the streets. Verizon represents not just the 1%, but the top one-tenth of 1% in this country. The company?s five highest executives took home $258 million in salary and benefits over the last four years. Yet, Verizon paid no federal income taxes from 2008 to 2010 and instead received $951 million in tax rebates. On Thursday, November 10, the Verizon Workers' March for the 99% will set off for New York City from downtown Albany to shine a spotlight on the corporate greed run rampant at Verizon.