We are “fighting against greed.”

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."   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 ...

Verizon Bosses You can’t Hide; The working Class is on Our Side

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

Big shot CEO of Verizon, Lowell McAdam, sent the police and lackeys from Verizon security out to meet protesters from IBEW Local 827 when they dropped by to see him on Saturday morning.  The Mendham cops, who are obviously trained well by the millionaires who inhabit the town, would only ...

Verizon Workers are Ready to Rumble

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 ...

Union jobs with Living Wage for All

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Verizon workers in the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and CWA (Communication Workers of America) rallied for good union jobs on Saturday July 30. They demand that the profitable and highly subsidized telcom company stop trying to take workers’ conditions back to the 19th century. [caption id="attachment_77" align="aligncenter" width="487" caption="Workers ...

The Line Must be Drawn Here

Friday, August 1st, 2008

As the clock ticks down toward a strike Verizon negotiators continue to claim that the IBEW and CWA unions’ demands are unreasonable, even though Verizon is raking in more money than this time last year. Revenue rose 3.7 percent this quarter totaling $24.12 billion. The communication ...

Unreasonable Demands

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Verizon representatives and union leaders from the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) have been negotiating a new contract for several months. It’s coming down to crunch time now. The agreement expires August 2, but all the talking has produced very little ...