Mar 25, 2010
By an overwhelming margin, CWA members at Verizon West voted last week to authorize a strike if a fair contract cannot be reached during negotiations. Bargaining is continuing; the contract expired March 13.
Mar 18, 2010
CWA members at Verizon West are gearing up their mobilization to support the fight for a fair contract as negotiations for 5,500 workers continued this week past the Mar. 13 contract expiration.
Mar 11, 2010
An administrative law judge recommended that the Illinois Commerce Commission reject the proposed merger of Frontier Communications and Verizon Communications. Verizon wants to sell its landlines in 14 states to Frontier in a deal that CWA says would be a disaster for consumers, workers and quality service.
Mar 1, 2010
CWA members in West Virginia and other states are keeping up the fight against Verizon’s plan to sell 4.8 million landlines in 14 states to Frontier Communications. A broad coalition of union members, consumers, public interest groups and community leaders are flooding elected officials and other decision-makers with thousands of letters and phone calls.
Jan 28, 2010
CWA members in California will show Verizon West they're ready for contract negotiations at a march and rally on Feb. 1 in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Jan 14, 2010
CWA's campaign against Verizon's plan to sell 4.8 million landlines in 14 states to Frontier gained support this week from witnesses who warned the West Virginia Public Service Commission to carefully scrutinize the deal.
Jan 14, 2010
Members of Local 2222 braved cold weather this week for an early morning protest against Verizon's plan to cut 1,000 jobs in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
Jan 8, 2010
Verizon's plan to sell 4.8 million rural landlines in 14 states to Frontier Communications will cost taxpayers $600 million and will cost communities even more. If this proposed sale goes through, communities, especially in rural areas, won't have access to high speed broadband and other telecommunications advances, expanding the digital divide and setting back economic growth.
Jan 7, 2010
CWA joined members of Congress and other allies today in a media teleconference to outline concerns about the proposed Verizon-Frontier merger and discuss ways to eliminate a tax loophole that allows Verizon and other companies to sell assets tax-free to smaller companies that end up burdened by debt.
Dec 16, 2009
In a unique partnership between business and labor, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), AT&T and Verizon have joined forces in opposition to the excise tax in the Senate version of the health care reform bill and of the provision that affects the Medicare Part D subsidy for prescription drug coverage.
Dec 1, 2009
Almost nine years ago, one of the first actions taken by the Bush administration was the repeal of a federal ergonomics standard issued just months earlier by the outgoing Clinton administration. Left in place, the OSHA standard, some 10 years in the making, could have prevented tens of millions of work-related injuries. Among those most vulnerable are CWA members in customer service, manufacturing, health care and related occupations.
Oct 14, 2009
Union members and community supporters opposed to the sale of Verizon's landlines to Frontier Communications took part in a grassroots lobby day on October 14 at the Capitol in Charleston to talk with their state legislators about the impact of the sale on the future of West Virginia. About 75 members from Communications Workers of America (CWA) local unions who work for Verizon or Frontier participated.
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