7 posts and columns on union

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A Smaller Strike at Verizon Wireless

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.

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Verizon, Union Far Apart in Talks

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.

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Labor Board Backs Worker Who Criticized on Facebook

in News on November 9, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The National Labor Relations Board is taking a stand on employees’ rights to post negative comments about supervisors on social networking sites, alleging that a company illegally fired a worker for criticizing her boss on Facebook. The agency disclosed the complaint last week against ambulance service American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc.

New York Times Strikes Deal With Boston Globe’s Holdout Union

in Media on May 6, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

The Boston Globe can keep printing. The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, has reached an agreement with the Boston Newspaper Guild, the paper’s lone holdout union. A new deal involves pay cuts and “modifications to the lifetime job guarantee provisions,” but will allow the paper to stay afloat, for now.
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AT&T Workers Create “Ready to Strike” Ringtone

in News on April 10, 2009 at 4:32 pm PT

AT&T and the union representing its workers are still in contract talks, but workers have published a song, with accompanying ringtone, called “Ready to Strike,” just in case. The song’s pro-labor lyrics include “Get ready to strike, get ready to walk the line” and “Protect my health care, don’t lower my wages/Realize, recognize, mobilize, stay alive” and even a shout-out to technicians who support U-verse, AT&T’s TV service.

IBM Layoffs: 1,674 and Counting

in News on March 26, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

This Is Your Captain Speaking: Will the Gentleman in Seat 21A Please Stop Surfing Porn

in News on September 12, 2008 at 11:33 am PT

Now that air-to-ground broadband has added Internet porn to American Airlines’ in-flight entertainment offerings, the company’s flight attendants are asking that it be taken off. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents 19,000 AA employees, is urging the airline to block access to Web content it feels is family-unfriendly.