The government recently approved the Big Cable deal. But opponents of the monopoly aren't staying quiet.
David Balto, a former FTC policy director and trial attorney at the Justice Department’s antitrust division, recently analyzed why this “cartel in disguise” will hurt consumers and workers. He wrote in the Huffington Post:
Perhaps the DOJ accepted at face value Verizon's 2009 claims that it did not intend to further deploy FiOS. The DOJ ignores the obvious when it listens to these self-serving declarations: FiOS is a profitable endeavor, and one that Verizon would likely pursue if not for these deals. However, strategic redlining by Verizon as it has expanded FiOS has left many particularly susceptible locations without this important alternative. Millions of consumers in Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Wilmington will likely never know the benefits of competition because the DOJ action fell short of addressing the harm to competition.
The Communications Workers of America has a message for Democrats and Republicans: ?Bringing good jobs back is the beginning of an economic recovery.? CWA is airing the 30 second television ad on the Current TV network starting tonight during coverage of the Republican National Convention. The ad also will run during Current TV coverage of the Democratic National Convention.
Two of California's leading good-government groups joined with some of the state's most powerful labor unions Monday to denounce Proposition 32, the November ballot measure that promises to eliminate special-interest money in politics.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday afternoon that a proposed November ballot question to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state?s constitution should be put before voters.
