May 24, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Communications Workers of America

Page: 1

Why We Need a Charleston Revival

Sharan Burrow | Posted 04.19.2013 | Business

Read More: Communications Workers of America, T-Mobile, James Clyburn, Deutsche Telekom, Unions, Charleston, Wharf Strike, Labor Unions, Labor Strikes, Charleston Labor, Business News

Today in South Carolina the protest lines are not found on the docks or on campus. They are found outside call centers with hundreds of workers housed in faceless suburban business parks.

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Labor Union Begins Ads Against Silent Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Communications Workers of America labor union, a lead group in the Fix the Senate Now coalition, is launching an advertising campaig...

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Citing New Poll Results, Union Launches Campaign Against Outsourcing Call Centers

Posted 08.15.2012 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, Communications Workers of America, Offshoring, Labor, Video, Cwa, Tammy Baldwin, Elections 2012, Betty Sutton, Tim Bishop, Labor Unions, Unions, Call Centers, Politics News

Citing the results of a new poll, the Communications Workers of America union said it intends to devote its resources to candidates who oppose the out...

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Labor Leaders Attack 'Happy Outsourcer' Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.22.2012 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, Communications Workers of America, Video, Labor, Election 2012 Blog, Cwa, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Afl-Cio, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, United Steelworkers, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Pouncing on a new Washington Post report on certain Bain Capital investments, leaders in the American labor movement on Friday assaulted former Bain ...

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Union Says American Airlines Stalling Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics

Rosemary Capasso, 59, has worked as a passenger service agent at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for the last 30 years. She splits her ...

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Verizon-Cable Monopoly Would Kill Jobs

Larry Cohen | Posted 08.13.2012 | New York

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Time Warner, Comcast, Verizon-Cable Monopoly, Verizon Fios, Verizon Wireless, Verizon, New York News

Eliminating competition undoubtedly sounds like a great plan in the corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street. But the rest of us continue to struggle with job insecurity, hard times and severe cuts in essential services.

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MoveOn, Labor Unions Aim To Teach 100,000 Occupy's Nonviolent Protest Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Boot camp is about to begin. On Monday and extending throughout this week, a coalition of progressive organizations from across the c...

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Progressives Face First Test In Illinois Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Video, Usaction, Pccc, MoveOn.Org, 2012 Election, Bob Dold, Progressives, Ilya Sheyman, Progressive Movement, Illinois 10th, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a newly redrawn congressional district covering the North Shore Chicago suburbs, progressive groups are mounting their first foray in...

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Occupy Atlanta, Unions Fight AT&T Layoffs, Start New Camp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Layoffs, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, Communications Workers of America, Video, Jobs With Justice, Unemployment, AT&T, Occupy Wall Street, Economy. Southeast, Teamsters Union, Obama, Atlanta, Tim Franzen, Occupy Atlanta, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Occupy Atlanta launched a surprise protest against AT&T Monday, staging a sit-in at the communication giant's Southeast headquarters in ...

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American Anti-Outsourcing Bill Causes Uproar Overseas

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Cwa, Anti-Outsourcing, Free Trade, Jobs, Protectionism, Labor Unions, Call Centers, Outsourcing to India, Outsourcing, Labor, Video, Unemployment, Tim Bishop, Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A bill that would punish American companies for sending their customer call centers overseas has caused an uproar in India and the Phili...

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Labor Unions, Benefits Understood, Have Almost Never Been Less Popular

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.31.2011 | Business

The vast majority of Americans say labor unions raise wages and better working conditions, a new survey finds. Yet despite those benefits, Americans h...

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Verizon To Strikers: We Will Suspend Benefits At End Of Month

Bloomberg | Devin Banerjee | Posted 10.17.2011 | Business

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) told 45,000 striking workers that it will suspend certain benefits at the end of the month if they haven’t returned...

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Verizon Enlists FBI To Investigate Alleged Sabotage Since Strike

AP | By DAVID PORTER | Posted 10.12.2011 | Business

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Verizon Sabotage, Verizon Fbi, Verizon Strike, Verizon Workers, Verizon Union, New York Verizon, Business News

NEWARK, N.J. -- Talks continued between Verizon and striking workers Thursday as the company enlisted the help of the FBI to look into alleged inciden...

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The Pebble in the Shoe of the Communications Workers Strike Against Verizon

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.11.2011 | Technology

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Verizon, Net Neutrality, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Technology News

Despite the general sympathy one might have for the unions as they fight to preserve their benefits, the policies the Communications Workers of America follows can't help but generate not a little schadenfreude.

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Verizon Union Members Strike Outside Joe Biden's Hampton Estate

Patch | Matthew Margolis | Posted 10.10.2011 | Business

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Strike, Verizon, Joe Biden Vice President, Secret Service, Southampton, Nynex, Corporate Greed, Patch, Picketers, Business News

More than a dozen local striking Verizon workers stationed themselves outside the Southampton estate where Vice President Joe Biden is vacationing in ...

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Workers Put Verizon On Hold: Portray Strike As Defense Of Middle Class Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.07.2011 | Business

NEW YORK -- Outside Verizon corporate headquarters in downtown Manhattan, a group of more than 40 union employees gathered wearing red shirts and plac...

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45,000 Verizon Workers On Strike Over Contract

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 10.06.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — Stalled contract negotiations led thousands of workers in Verizon Communication Inc.'s wireline division to go on strike Sunday, pote...

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Labor Leader's Lament: 'Where Are the Jobs' AT&T Promised?

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.13.2011 | Technology

Read More: Smartphones, Communications Workers of America, T-Mobile, California Public Utilities Commision, AT&T, Technology News

It makes absolutely no sense for anyone to say they would be better off with a crucial wireless industry held in the grip of just two companies controlling 80 percent or so of the business.

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In AT&T's Bid For T-Mobile, Obama Administration Caught In The Middle

The Washington Post | Posted 09.12.2011 | Technology

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Att Tmobile, T-Mobile, Att, Att T-Mobile Merger, At T Tmobile, Obama Administration, At T, Technology News

AT&T's $39 billion bid for T-Mobile is a deal that consumer advocates hate but labor unions love. And that puts the Obama administration squarely betw...

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