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CWA Reaches Agreement on Verizon 'Surplus'
News
April 29, 2010
CWA has reached an agreement with Verizon that provides additional payments and benefits for workers who agree to retire early or leave the company under a one-time enhanced payroll offer.
CWA, Verizon West Reach Tentative Contract Covering 5,500
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America District 9 bargaining team has reached a tentative three-year contract with Verizon West, covering 5,500 workers in California.
CWAers Slam VZ West for 'Unacceptably Slow' Progress in Bargaining
News
April 15, 2010
CWAers at Verizon West are keeping up mobilization and their strong bargaining support as union and company negotiators go head to head over key issues of compensation and the outsourcing and offshoring of jobs.
CWAers Rally at FCC against Verizon-Frontier Deal
News
April 1, 2010
About 200 CWAers from West Virginia, plus supporters from IBEW and the AFL-CIO, rallied outside the Federal Communications Commission, letting regulators know that the proposed Verizon-Frontier Communications deal is a disaster waiting to happen.
Unions Make Final Arguments in Support of Illinois ALJ's Order on Verizon-Frontier Deal
Press Release
In a legal brief filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on Thursday, March 25, the IBEW urged that commissioners reject the proposed sale of Verizon's landlines to Frontier as being contrary to the public interest.