IBEW – People's World

Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers

September 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions took to the streets to show mass solidarity for their bargaining teams, with rallies all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.

Workers want tax-dodger Verizon to settle contract dispute

January 27, 2012 By Gabe Falsetta

Several hundred CWA Local 1101 Verizon workers and their supporters rallied Jan. 26 in front of 140 West Street to say, "Settle our contract!"

Verizon bargaining resumes, workers end strike

August 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Some 45,000 unionized Verizon workers, members of CWA and IBEW returned to work at a minute past midnight on Aug. 23, ending their 2-week strike. The old contract was reinstated, pending the outcome of re-started bargaining...

Unions say Verizon taking its cue from Wisconsin’s governor

August 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Union leaders say Verizon management, taking its lead from right-wing GOP governors, is trying to kill public support for its striking workers by portraying them as an overpaid elite.

Beep, honk: Verizon picketers get noisy support in upstate NY

August 12, 2011 By Esther Moroze And Bill Davis

The sounds of support from passing drivers reached us before we got to the picket line in an industrial area of Syracuse on Thursday.