Mar 19, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that its investigation into the death of Verizon technician Douglas Lalima — who was electrocuted while working on a utility pole in Brooklyn last September — has resulted in 10 citations against Verizon and fines totaling $140,700 for serious and repeated failures by the company to abide by critical safety rules. The fines in the citation are the maximum penalties under the law for such egregious conduct.
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Mar 15, 2012
There's still time to find an event in your community and join in the National Day of Action, that hits "1 percent" Verizon for its corporate greed, and brings union and progressive activists together to stand up for each other's fights on March 22.
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Mar 8, 2012
CWA called on the Federal Communications Commission to "stop the clock" on its consideration of the Verizon Wireless/cable company spectrum deal until the parties involved provide complete information about their commercial agreements.
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Mar 8, 2012
On March 22, in communities across the U.S., CWAers, Transport Workers Union members, Jobs with Justice and AFL-CIO activists and lots of supporters will hold rallies and actions to spotlight the corporate greed of "Verigreedy" Verizon.
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Feb 17, 2012
The activists, members of CWA's Legislative-Political Action Team, pressed Hanna on his refusal so far to support the offshoring bill, which would stop federal grants and loan guarantees to companies that move call center jobs overseas.
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Feb 17, 2012
In District 2-13, CWAers leafleted more than 50 Verizon Wireless retail stores with the message: "We've given you so much, but now you're breaking our hearts. If you want to 'be ours,' focus more on good jobs and less on corporate greed."
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Feb 17, 2012
An ad produced by CWA was named best newspaper ad of 2011 at this year's Reed Awards.
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Feb 17, 2012
Make sure to join the next CWA telephone town hall, set for Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 pm EST.
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Feb 9, 2012
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam was put on notice this week by more than 150 leaders from the religious, higher education, and civil and workers' rights communities who said, it's time for Verizon to "do the right thing and negotiate a fair contract."
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Jan 26, 2012
CWA members tell the story of how Verizon doesn't pay its share of taxes in a great new mobilization video.
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Jan 19, 2012
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.
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Jan 19, 2012
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.
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Dec 22, 2011
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.
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Dec 16, 2011
Mobile billboards in seven Verizon cities will make sure holiday shoppers know all about Verizon and Verizon Wireless's corporate greed.
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Dec 15, 2011
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.
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Dec 15, 2011
For your local's holiday parties, here's a special CWA carol.
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Dec 8, 2011
As holiday shoppers head to the malls, CWA members have been busy leafleting and displaying banners decrying the corporate greed at Verizon/Verizon Wireless.
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Dec 7, 2011
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.
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Dec 1, 2011
Join us tonight as CWA national officers update members on the status of Verizon bargaining.
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Nov 17, 2011
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.
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