Aug 20, 2012
A letter published in this weekend's Washington Post highlights one customer's frustrations with Verizon in the aftermath of a major storm in the Washington, DC, area this summer. The letter follows on the heels of local reports detailing Verizon's mismanagement of restoring 9-1-1 emergency services, while Verizon technicians worked more than 12 hours a day to return those vital services to the northern Virginia communities in the aftermath of the storm.
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Aug 20, 2012
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Aug 17, 2012
High demand. Fewer staff. Low wages. Sound familiar? Bradly Harmon is helping his local learn to fight back.
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Aug 17, 2012
Nearly 700,000 Michigan citizens petitioned to put the right to collectively bargain on the November ballot. But despite collecting twice the number of signature needed, the state won’t let the people vote.
Why? This week the Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked – along party lines – to keep the measure off the Nov. 6 ballot. The 2-2 vote comes less than two weeks after Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette – acting on the request of GOP Governor Rick Snyder who opposes the initiative to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state’s constitution -- issued an erroneous legal opinion to kill the proposal.
Now it heads to the state’s Supreme Court:
Andrew Nickelhoff, a Detroit attorney representing Protect Our Jobs, said after the meeting in the Capitol he was going straight to the Michigan Supreme Court about two blocks away to file a legal action requesting the court to order the board to certify the ballot measure. He acknowledged his group faces “a tight timetable” because elections officials say they need the issue resolved by Aug. 27 to have time to prepare and print the ballots. That’s one reason the group wants to bypass the Michigan Court of Appeals and go straight to the Supreme Court.
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Aug 17, 2012
In two separate contract ratification votes, members of the Communications Workers of America approved new contracts at AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy.
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Aug 17, 2012
The votes have been counted, and the Legacy T contract was ratified by 67.6%. The AT&T Puerto Rico Contract was ratified by 90%.
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Aug 17, 2012
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Aug 17, 2012
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Aug 16, 2012
Join our Union Hall Call tonight at 7:30 PM ET.
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Aug 16, 2012
Nearly 5,000 workers engulfed Verizon’s offices in downtown Philadelphia on Saturday morning, demanding that the company stop its assault on workers and bargain a fair contract.
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Aug 16, 2012
This is the statement CWA issued today on the U.S. Justice Department’s decision approving the Verizon Wireless-Big Cable deal.
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Aug 16, 2012
One year ago, Verizon unjustly fired 37 IBEW and CWA members after they went on a two-week strike. Today, they’re speaking out against the company’s trumped up charges.
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Aug 16, 2012
CWA launched a campaign Tuesday to spotlight legislation incentivizing American corporations to keep call center jobs in the United States.
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Aug 16, 2012
CWA’s bargaining team representing CenturyLink workers at the former Qwest Corp. opened negotiations on Aug. 15. CWA represents about 12,000 workers in the D7 states of Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and Washington.
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Aug 16, 2012
A Pennsylvania state judge refused to block the state’s new and oppressive voter ID law. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed suit against the measure, is appealing.
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Aug 16, 2012
CWAers, Sierra Club members and activists from Citizens Trade Campaign will be taking a stand in Leesburg, Va., on Sunday, Sept. 9, during the next round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership. TPP is probably the biggest and scariest trade deal the U.S. have ever negotiated, and it’s being done in secrecy.
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Aug 16, 2012
IUE-CWA has awarded 17 partial college scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. IUE-CWA members’ children and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members, were eligible for the various awards.
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Aug 16, 2012
The U.S. Justice Department’s decision today to approve the Verizon Wireless-Big Cable deal is exactly the wrong one for workers, consumers and communities. The result is a massive Verizon Wireless/cable/content monopoly, job cuts, higher prices, and fewer choices.
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Aug 16, 2012
Recently, three specific examples of potential member exposure were brought to the attention of the Union’s Occupational Safety and Health Department. The creativity and strident determination of CWA Local union officers and occupational safety and health activists to ensure the Union’s members are provided safe and healthful working conditions is demonstrated in each of these cases.
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Aug 16, 2012
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