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Verizon Employees to Return to Work

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 20, 2011 at 1:45 pm PT

About 45,000 Verizon Communications Inc. workers agreed to return to work Tuesday, under a previous contract, after striking to protest benefits cuts that the telecommunications giant sought to offset declining sales in its traditional wireline business.

A Smaller Strike at Verizon Wireless

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 10, 2011 at 5:01 pm PT

Verizon Communications Inc.’s argument to striking wireline workers is they have to accept deep cuts to benefits to help offset falling sales at its traditional phone business, but 70 striking union members are mounting a different fight—they work for the company’s highly profitable wireless unit.

Verizon Workers Strike

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 7, 2011 at 11:30 am PT

About 45,000 Verizon Communications Inc. workers walked off the job Sunday after negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, marking the first strike at the telecommunications giant in 11 years.

Verizon, Union Far Apart in Talks

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 5, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

As a contract with Verizon Communications Inc.’s unionized workers is set to expire this Saturday at midnight, the two sides remain far apart, potentially setting the stage for the first strike in 11 years.

The Writers' Strike: Our Last Video

Kara Swisher in News on February 18, 2008 at 2:14 am PT

While the writers’ strike in Hollywood was going on, BoomTown has been offering up suggestions about stuff to watch. Of all the many videos out there, the most promising to me have been the many, many spoof videos the writers have done about the strike that just ended. Along with terrific videos of the strike [...]

Writers' Strike Over and Still No Web Profits in Sight!

Kara Swisher in News on February 13, 2008 at 3:22 am PT

What does it take to imagine a new industry out of orange groves? A lot more than settling a strike, I would posit. A lot has been written about the writers’ strike in Hollywood, which is officially over after three acrimonious months with the overwhelming vote by the members of the Writers Guild of America to accept a contract it hammered out with the entertainment studios. Writers will presumably be back at their keyboards today.

Rosie O'Donnell: Not So Annoying

Kara Swisher in News on January 24, 2008 at 1:46 am PT

Until the writers’ strike in Hollywood is over–who knew it would go on this long?–BoomTown has decided to offer suggestions about cool new stuff to watch. Today, I urge one and all to head over to the videos being done by celebrity, actor, talk-show host and larger-than-life personality Rosie O’Donnell. Unlike a lot of celebs, [...]

Zucker: Apple of His Eye?

Kara Swisher in News on January 22, 2008 at 5:03 pm PT

When last we checked in with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, he was merrily trashing Steve Jobs and Apple. What a difference a three-month-long writers’ strike in Hollywood makes. Yesterday, in an interview in the Financial Times, Zucker said: “We’ve said all along that we admire Apple, that we want to be in business with [...]

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"

Kara Swisher in News on January 22, 2008 at 8:07 am PT

Until the writers’ strike in Hollywood is over–who knew it would go on this long?–BoomTown has decided to offer periodic suggestions about cool new stuff to watch, focused on a more geeky audience. We’ll start with TV–no, not the tiresome (sorry!) “American Idol,” but a new series on the same Fox network, which is “Terminator: [...]