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After 10 months of negotiations for a new employment contract, some 36,000 Verizon unionized workers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions walked off the job at 6 a.m. this morning making good on strike threats. The employees involved work on both the wireless and wireline...

Communications Workers of America allege Verizon has allowed its copper network to deteriorate in Maryland and other states Five months into a negotiation with Verizon Communications regarding employment contracts for unionized workers, reps from the Communications Workers of America in the Mid-Atlantic region are calling...

The complaints about Verizon Communications' failure to deliver on promises to build out its FiOS networks continue to grow; this time Pittsburgh is calling foul. The city is making similar claims to those made by New York City back in June. Both cities accuse the U.S.’...

WASHINGTON – The Communication Workers of America are putting the screws to Verizon Communications in public comments as labor negotiations for some 39,000 employees drag on. CWA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union members have been working without a contract since Aug. 1. Having already...

Union: carrier turned down FCC money for rural broadband WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the telecom companies that will receive federal subsidies through the Connect America Fund. Surprisingly, Verizon Communications accepted only $48 million in comparison to chief competitor AT&T, which will...

The fiber started going in back in 2008 but many areas of the city are still not hooked up Tension has been brewing between New York City residents and political leaders who feel Verizon Communications hasn’t held up its promise to blanket the city with...

Verizon Communications has been in deadlocked negotiations with union workers about pension and health care benefits since June 22. One deadline for a deal already came and went with no progress. The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers also are...

Deadline for strike is Aug. 1 Midnight on Aug. 1 is the deadline for Verizon Communications and 38,000 of its union workers in New England to come to terms on a new contract or face a strike. So far, there has been no major progress in...

CWA claims 86% of workers approve Verizon strike The Communications Workers of America over the weekend reported 86% of Verizon Communication employees represented by the labor group voted to authorize a strike should the two parties fail to come to a labor agreement. The current agreement,...

Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated agreement with mobile operators including Verizon and AT&T Watch RCRtv - Fiber splicing training for CWA and IBEW workers from APT...

Labor negotiations for 38,000 union employees ongoing; Verizon has prepped for potential strike Contract talks for some 38,000 unionized Verizon employees are not going well, according to dispatches from Communication Workers of America labor leaders. In a July 13 bargaining update, leadership for CWA District 1,...

17,000 employees agree to deal that includes wage increase, hike in health care contributions AT&T on Friday announced that unionized wireline employees represented by the Communication Workers of America ratified a three-year contract that was tentatively agreed to on May 13. Since the contract terms were...

CWA says Verizon wants to cut pay to employees while top five execs earned $44M last year Verizon Communications' opening contract negotiation gamut of offering raises has been blasted by Communication Workers of America reps as a “smokescreen” designed to make a “media splash.” Negotiations for...

CWA commends T-Mobile US dealings at call centers The Communications Workers of America is claiming victory over T-Mobile US in a recent policy change that CWA said resulted in the carrier announcing “several improvements” in how it deals with call center workers. The workers union said...

Verizon flatly denied union accusations that neglect of its landlines is impacting customer service in the Northeast. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Communications Workers of America claims that Verizon is abandoning its legacy network in certain places, resulting in lower quality of...

NLRB ruling does not find direct T-Mobile US infringement, but carrier dinged for broad interpretation T-Mobile US had its labor practices dinged by the National Labor Relations Board, which found that wording in an employee handbook might prevent workers from organizing or discussing work-related problems. The...

AT&T’s pending $48 billion acquisition of DirecTV received a boost from the Communications Workers of America, which filed comments in support of the proposed deal. CWA, which claims to represent 110,000 AT&T employees across its wireline, wireless and broadband operations, said that in addition to...

T-Mobile USA is reportedly set for a round of job cuts ahead of its planned acquisition of MetroPCS, with more than 100 jobs expected to be slashed beginning today. The Seattle Times is reporting that the cuts are likely to come from T-Mobile USA’s...

A brief contract extension agreed upon over the weekend between AT&T and union workers in the Southeast appeared to bear fruit, while the same cannot be said for workers in other regions. AT&T announced today that it had reached a “handshake” agreement with the Communications...

The Communications Workers of America sent a request to the U.S. Department of Labor that it grant trade adjustment assistance benefits to T-Mobile USA customer service agents slated to lose their jobs in June. The CWA noted in a press release that 3,300 employees are...

The Communications Workers of America last week applauded the New Jersey State Assembly for passing the “Save New Jersey Call Centers Jobs Act,” which requires public disclosure by companies that move jobs from the state overseas as well as prevents those companies from receiving...

The Communications Workers of America said it had reached a “tentative contract agreement” with AT&T Mobility covering its “District 6” region that the union organization said would result in “the return of a minimum of 2,000 jobs over the four year life of the...

Perhaps clued in to a possible hurdle in its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc., AT&T Inc. (T) today proudly claimed that “after closing” on the $39 billion deal, the company would bring back 5,000 wireless call center jobs to the United States.AT&T said...

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