May 16, 2011
On what was "Tax Day" for ordinary Americans, CWA members in New York and New Jersey held rallies that targeted Verizon, Goldman Sachs, GE and other corporations that pay little or no federal income taxes.
May 6, 2011
While Verizon members were holding "stakeholders" meetings at worksites, CWA District 13 Vice President Ed Mooney delivered boxes full of proxies collected from members directly to Verizon's Board of Directors.
May 5, 2011
Verizon reported $24.2 billion in pre-tax income for 2009 and 2010, yet paid $0 in federal income tax.
Apr 21, 2011
Led by CWA, a broad-based coalition of labor and community groups kicked off a campaign this week demanding that Verizon bring its lightning-fast FiOS service to Buffalo, N.Y.
Apr 21, 2011
On what was "Tax Day" for ordinary Americans, CWA members in New York and New Jersey held rallies that targeted Verizon, Goldman Sachs, GE and other corporations that pay little or no federal income taxes.
Mar 20, 2011
The acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T will mean greater access to high speed communications, especially for residents in rural communities.
Jun 7, 2010
CWA District 9 Vice President Jim Weitkamp tells a House Judiciary Committee field hearing that the proposed Comcast-NBCU merger will lead to job cuts and will harm consumer interests, especially in the growing video services market.
Jun 3, 2010
CWAers won two big victories in Congress last week. In separate votes, the House of Representatives voted to ban the Reverse Morris Trust tax loophole and to retain a valuable jet engine program that means 2,000 jobs.
May 27, 2010
In a huge vote, CWA members at Verizon West ratified a three-year contract that increases wages by 8.25 percent and holds the line against health care cost-shifting for 5,500 workers in California.
May 21, 2010
CWA is reviewing today's decision by the FCC approving the sale of Verizon landlines to Frontier Communications.
May 21, 2010
CWA is weighing all options following last week's decision by the West Virginia Public Service Commission to approve the sale of Verizon landlines in the state to Frontier Communications.
May 14, 2010
CWA is exploring all options after the West Virginia PSC approved the Verizon-Frontier deal, in a split decision.
May 6, 2010
CWA and IBEW members leafleted shareholders outside the Verizon annual meeting in Little Rock, stressing that Verizon risks damaging its corporate reputation by looking to use a tax loophole to sell off landlines and backing away from the build-out of high speed broadband.
Apr 29, 2010
CWA's District 9 bargaining team reached a tentative three-year contract with Verizon West that boosts wages by 8.25 percent, holds the line against health care cost shifting and ensures that a new sales incentive compensation plan for customer service representatives remains voluntary.
Apr 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.
Apr 26, 2010
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.
Apr 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.
Apr 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.
Mar 25, 2010
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.
Mar 25, 2010
Thanks to CWA's successful Verizon Strategic Industry Fund campaign, the House of Representatives voted to close the Reverse Morris Trust tax loophole that has allowed Verizon and other companies to spin off parts of their operations tax-free.
