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Striking Verizon Workers Inspire New York City Songwriter
News
August 25, 2011
Inspired by picketers outside a Verizon building in his Queens, N.Y., neighborhood, professional songwriter John Beltzer gathered his team last week and within two days they'd written and produced, "Can You Hear Us Now?"
Unions Call for Investigation into Possible Misuse of U.S. Aid in Colomiba
Press Release
In a letter to Rep. Jan Schakowsky, CWA and the United Steelworkers ask for the congresswoman's help in bringing about a House Committe Investigation into possible misuse of U.S. aid in Colombia.
CWA Files ULP Charges as Verizon Fails to Bargain in Good Faith
News
August 18, 2011
With the strike at Verizon now in its 13th day, 45,000 members of CWA and IBEW remain determined to stay out as long as it takes to get the company to bargain in good faith with their union bargaining teams.
As Verizon Strike Continues, Workers' Struggle Gains Support Nationwide
News
August 18, 2011
Tens of thousands of working Americans, other unions, students, civil rights, religious, and community groups have joined union members' fight to get Verizon to bargain in good faith. More than 150,000 people so far have signed CWA's online petition, urging Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to stop union-busting and negotiate fairly.