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Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Don't worry about hurricanes. Hedge funds buying up farmland all over the world are way more troublesome than the weather.  You remember hedge funds. They're some of the folks who brought us the "housing crisis." These titans of industry are betting that food shortages will mean big profits, and so ...
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
I vote for this guy to be the new CEO -- at least he knows how the network works.
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
I applaud the valiant effort of the workers who were on strike against Verizon, waging this decisive battle in this period of decaying capitalism. We had the odds stacks against us: the multi-billions of the corporate class and their bought and paid for mouth pieces in the media. The bosses’ ...
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Workers from IBEW and CWA will return to work on Tuesday August 23. No contract agreement has been reached but the union workers were able to put enough pressure on the corporate flunkies on Verizon's side of the negotiating table to make these pinheads blink and start talking seriously.
Up until ...
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Blistering hot weather and fiery class struggle ignited by the greed of the Verizon bosses – hey that’s summer like it ought to be. Whenever workers engage the rulers and corporate “elite†in a battle for their livelihood the sweet smell of solidarity rises in the air, and we can ...
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
New York Working Families Party is circulating a letter for people to sign to support striking Verizon workers. Â To sign it click here.
Despite record profits, Verizon is demanding unprecedented concessions and giveback from its workers. So today, 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Here's a letter the wife of one of our union members posted on FaceBook.
Dear Friends,
My husband is one of the 45,000 unionized workers now ON STRIKE against VERIZON. VERIZON is trying to dump pensions, gut health care benefits, eliminate job security and basically undo about 30 years of collective bargaining ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
At this morning's Unity at Verizon conference call, IBEW Local 827 President Bill Huber said that company's plan is to "break the union."Â Â He said we have to fight the attacks on middle class jobs and that if we stick together, "We can and will prevail."
Myles Calvey IBEW Local 2222 ...
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
The Verizon bosses are getting scared.  Union workers, on the other hand,  are getting ready to rumble. With only a few days left before the contract with IBEW and CWA union members expires, Verizon brought out the heavy artillery (at least by wealthy suburban standards) to “protect†its posh corporate ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Good story from The Nation about who will benefit and be hurt by the budget /debt deal. Guess what? Workers and the poor are getting screwed, and the Masters of the Universe will get off scot-free.
Congress (might) pass a debt deal [1] this week that would raise the debt ceiling ...
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