This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches, Not Parades

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

I have to agree with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on this one.   This Labor Day we need to party less and protest more.  With the real unemployment rate at 17% and attacks on workers growing like cornstalks in farm country, we need to stand firm and say, "We won't ...

Here’s a guy who understands how wirele$$ phones work

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

I vote for this guy to be the new CEO -- at least he knows how the network works. [caption id="attachment_310" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Verizon CEO elect"][/caption]

Dare to struggle! Dare to win! Let’s fight for the 6 hour day

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’ ...

Union Victory!!

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Not sure I agree with this, but it's a nice little video.  And there is no doubt that the scab managers couldn't  get the job done.  Enjoy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuM4dtitnRQ&feature=youtu.be&a[/youtube]

Verizon Strikers return to Work

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 ...

Steven Greenhouse Reports on Verizon Strike and Ohio Union Battle (Democracy Now!)

Friday, August 19th, 2011

N Y Times reporter Steven Greenhouse talks to Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now.   Most of Greenhouse's reporting on the strike has been weak and relies far too much on company lies and propaganda.  But this interview is better than much of what he's written. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE9MYNWPuAg[/youtube]

Verizon Cuts Off Strikers’ Health Care, as Service Outages Rise

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Here's the latest article from Labor Notes Verizon Cuts Off Strikers’ Health Care, as Service Outages Rise Noisy picket lines are turning away customers at Verizon’s wireless stores as the largest strike in the country weathered a rainy second week. Some service was disrupted throughout the Northeast though the ...

Verizon Strike Turns Away Customers and Chases Scabs

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Here's a story from Labor Notes Mischa Gaus August 11, 2011 Verizon’s strike in the Northeast is into Day Five, and big picket lines are turning away customers at Verizon’s wireless stores. Injunctions could threaten one of the union’s most effective tactics, mass picketing at stores. But another—mobile picketing—is causing havoc for ...

Another lie from Verizon Bosses: One Network, Not Two

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Since the contract negotiations with CWA and IBEW unions started, the corporate mouthpieces from Verizon have been telling many lies as big as Paul Bunyan’s underwear, but the biggest whopper of all is that there are two different networks in the telecom industry, a “wireless” and a “wire line.”  In ...

Support Verizon Strikers: Candlelight Vigil at Lowell’s

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

I doubt this effete elite blue blood wimp will show up, but let's all stop by anyway.  I have to admit a candlelight vigil is pretty lame, but what can you expect from AFL-CIO leadership.  Here's the info from AFL-CIO All of us need to stand together and stand strong ...