Jan 26, 2012
New Message to Verizon: No Tax Dodging and No Union Busting
CWA members tell the story of how Verizon doesn't pay its share of taxes in a great new mobilization video.
Jan 19, 2012
CWA to NLRB: Verizon Wireless Subverted Union Election
CWA has asked the National Labor Relations Board to throw out a narrow Jan. 6 union election loss for 13 workers at a Verizon Wireless facility in Bloomington, Ill., charging that the company repeatedly violated the law to ensure the vote would go its way.
Jan 19, 2012
Wrongfully Terminated Workers Maintain Daily Vigil
Three CWA Local 13000 members who were wrongfully terminated during the Verizon strike have not wavered in showing their support for a fair contract for their sisters and brothers at Verizon Wireless.
Dec 22, 2011
Holiday Season Sparks Creativity in Fight for Fairness at Verizon
With leafleting, marches, demonstrations and even some street theatre, CWA locals and allies across the country have been continuing the fight for fair contracts at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.
Dec 16, 2011
Holiday Shoppers Get Verizon Message
Mobile billboards in seven Verizon cities will make sure holiday shoppers know all about Verizon and Verizon Wireless's corporate greed.
Dec 15, 2011
61 Wrongly Fired CWAers Back to Work at Verizon; Fight Continues
CWA has won back the jobs of 61 members wrongly fired for alleged misconduct during the Verizon strike in August, and is continuing to fight for the other 25 members who were terminated.
Dec 8, 2011
CWAers Take Verizon/VZW Message to Holiday Shoppers, Football Fans
As holiday shoppers head to the malls, CWA members have been busy leafleting and displaying banners decrying the corporate greed at Verizon/Verizon Wireless.
Dec 7, 2011
CWA Supports New Bi-Partisan Call Center Jobs Legislation
The Communications Workers of America is strongly backing new, bi-partisan legislation introduced in the House of Representatives today that would ban federal grants and loans to corporations who move U.S. call center jobs overseas. CWA represents 700,000 workers in telecommunications and other sectors; more than 150,000 are customer service professionals.
Dec 1, 2011
Verizon Update Call Tonight; Listen by Phone or Online at 7 p.m.
Join us tonight as CWA national officers update members on the status of Verizon bargaining.
Nov 17, 2011
$100-Billion Verizon One of Nation’s Champion Tax Dodgers
A new report this week reveals how Verizon achieves a negative federal tax rate to avoid paying its fair share of taxes, and how the company aggressively uses tax loopholes and subsidies to cut its tax bills even more.
Nov 16, 2011
Day 6 Report: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
The march keeps growing, with 19 people now going the distance. The day's 17 miles finished with a rally in Tarrytown, near a Verizon Wireless authorized retailer.
Nov 15, 2011
CWA Verizon Members and Supporters Launch March to Washington, D.C.
Members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will march from Verizon Chesapeake Complex in Silver Spring, MD to McPherson Square in Washington D.C., beginning Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Nov 13, 2011
Day 4 Report: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
Day 4 was another day of activism with the local Occupy movement, with marchers linking up with twenty young activists camping in downtown Poughkeepsie near the Bank of America.
Nov 12, 2011
Day 3 Report: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
The day - and 20 miles - flew by, say marchers, who started in Catskill and ended in Kingston. Once again, passing drivers honked their horns, with some stopping to offer encouragement and good wishes. Rallying with members of CWA Local 1120, local labor unions and community supporters, the marchers sent a message to Verizon Wireless.
Nov 11, 2011
Day 2 Report: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
The soreness kicks in on day 2, say some marchers, but that didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm for the day. Amazingly, Occupy Hudson formed today, with its very first meeting and event: protesting Bank of America in Hudson. Chanting "Banks got Bailed Out! We got Sold Out!" outside the Hudson branch, 50 marchers, union supporters and Occupy Hudson members protested the giant bank's foreclosure practices and its role in the economic meltdown.
Nov 11, 2011
CWA Members to Join Massive Nov 17th Protest in Lower Manhattan
The Verizon Workers' March for the 99%--with a dozen workers marching the whole way from Albany--will arrive in NYC and join a massive rally in Lower Manhattan. Most CWA members are meeting at Verizon HQ at 140 West Street between 4 and 5pm for a large informational picket. Members will march from 140 West Street at 5pm to join a massive rally for the 99% on Foley Square on the two month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, which has focused attention on corporate greed. Download a flyer for the rally here.
Nov 11, 2011
Day 1 Report: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
With high spirits and chants of "We are the 99%!", a dozen marchers headed South from Albany to Stuyvesant, New York. The weather for the kick-off was beautiful. Labor leaders and State Senator Breslin, State Assmeblymember McEneny and others joined CWA Vice President Chris Shelton to rally up the crowd in front of the Verizon building, across from the State Capitol and Occupy Albany. Marchers were warmly greeted upon arrival in Stuyvesant, with some locals bringing refreshments to share with the group. Some of the marchers wanted to Occupy Stuyvesant after that but Friday is another big day to send a message to the 1% at Verizon. Onward!
Nov 10, 2011
Next CWA National Call Set for Nov. 17; Sign Up Now Online
Join CWAers from around the country next Thursday, Nov. 17, for a national telephone call featuring updates on Verizon bargaining, terrific news about Election 2011, and the many ways we're building a movement for good middle-class jobs and collective bargaining rights.
Nov 10, 2011
Verizon’s ‘1 Percent’ Business Model Exposed at Occupy D.C. Teach-In
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."
Unity@Verizon Multimedia
Union Hall Call, January 25, 2012
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Verizon: Stop Tax-Dodging, Stop Union-Busting
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CWA President Larry Cohen on MSNBC’s The ED Show
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Day 8: Verizon Workers March for the 99%
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Verizon Update: November 17, 2011
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