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."
Nov 9, 2011
The 99% on the March
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.
Nov 9, 2011
Verizon Workers March for the 99%
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.
Nov 3, 2011
CWA, Occupy D.C. Activists Jointly Protest Verizon, Corporate Greed
Hundreds of CWA members and Occupy D.C. activists joined forces Wednesday for a downtown march that included demonstrations outside a Verizon Wireless store and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Oct 27, 2011
NYC Occupy Activists Join CWA for Energetic March on Verizon
Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists joined CWA and union allies Friday evening for a march on Verizon and Verizon Wireless in downtown New York City.
Oct 20, 2011
Activists Taking ‘iWon’t’ Upgrade Message Nationwide
As bargaining continues, thousands of CWAers and allies are keeping up the pressure on Verizon and Verizon Wireless to bargain a fair contract.
Oct 20, 2011
Sign Up Now for Next Week’s Verizon Update Call
National and district CWA leaders will be updating members on Verizon and Verizon Wireless negotiations and mobilization next Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. (EDT).
Oct 18, 2011
Information About the Verizon EEOC Disability Settlement
The EEOC settled a disability discrimination suit against Verizon earlier this year. The terms of the settlement apply to former Verizon employees who were terminated under the company's absence control plans when they should have been able to take further leave as a reasonable accommodation for an ADA-covered disability.
Oct 6, 2011
Decrying Greed, CWA Joins ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Demonstrations
Fighting for economic justice and good jobs to rebuild America's middle class, CWA members and thousands of other union members joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators for a march in New York's financial district on Wednesday. CWA also participated in San Francisco and other cities as similar rallies and protests spread nationwide.
Oct 3, 2011
“iWon’t”: Unions and Allies Target New iPhone and Tax Loopholes
The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by allies including MoveOn.org, the AFL-CIO, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People’s Alliance announced the next stage in the fight for middle-class jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.
The groups are launching the nationwide iWont Campaign, asking Americans to delay upgrading to the new iPhone on Verizon Wireless until the company agrees to a fair contract with its workers. The campaign, which includes online outreach by MoveOn.org and other groups, advertising, grassroots outreach and leafleting at hundreds of Verizon Wireless stores, is timed around the launch of Apple’s new iPhone.
Oct 1, 2011
Working Together: It’s All About Movement Building
It’s all about movement building
It will take all of us, union members, progressive activists, the civil rights community, environmentalists, people of faith, students and others to restore the rights and standard of living of working families.
Oct 1, 2011
‘It’s Cool to Be in a Union’
Young Verizon Worker Embraces Her New Union
Timothy Staples — her first name comes from a flowering grass — never had a union at work until she got a job last February at a Verizon call center in Salisbury, Md.
