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FRONTIER: Do problems taking over for Verizon spell doom for the company? [telecom]

By Kevin Smith When Frontier Communications was preparing to take over Verizon's landline-related operations in Califor...

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Striking Verizon workers to return with raises [telecom]

Associate Press New York - Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tent...

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FCC to Wrongdoers: Answer Your Mail! [telecom]

By Mitchell Lazarus, CommLawBlog, May 29, 2016 Failure to respond to FCC notices can have adverse consequences. When th...

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Verizon strike: victory at hand for union workers? [telecom]

Verizon Strike 2016 Update: A Deal Has Finally Been Struck; Victory For Union Workers At Hand? By Alexandra Park Recent...

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NNY Verizon workers may return to work after strike-ending deal reached [telecom]

By GORDON BLOCK A tentative deal appears to have been struck between Verizon and thousands of striking workers nationwi...

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From "Hoot & Holler" to "Hunt and Headache" [telecom]

When I was a kid, large junkyards used a private line service known as a "Hoot and Holler" to advertise their need for...

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The Verizon Strike: 'This Is One of the Last Big Fights' [telecom]

BY STEVEN WISHNIA "This is not just a strike against Verizon," Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Chris...

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The Verizon Strike Is Not Just About Wages. It Is About Power and Domination Over Workers. [telecom]

BY ALEX GOUREVITCH Bruce has worked construction for Verizon for nearly thirty years and he is on strike. Walking a pic...

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Verizon Pain From Strike Seen Growing; Wells Fargo Cuts Estimates [telecom]

By REINHARDT KRAUSE Verizon Communications is starting to feel the pain from the ongoing strike by nearly 40,000 wireli...

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Verizon strikers denounce federal mediation and CWA news blackout [telecom]

By Steve Light and Alan Whyte A World Socialist Web Site Verizon Strike Newsletter reporting team spoke to striking Ver...

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Hold Onto Your Hats: North American Pay TV Forecast Is Stormy [telecom]

By Laura Hamilton, CED, 05/20/2016 North American pay TV revenues are predicted to fall by $13.5 billion between 2015 a...

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Why I'm on strike against Verizon [telecom]

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is baffled. Recently, he walked up to a picket line and told striking workers, "This makes no...

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Growing anger amoung Verizon strikers [telecom]

A sellout contract is being prepared by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood o...

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AT&T Lobbyists Fail to Block Competition in Missouri [telecom]

by Karl Bode One of the major reasons that AT&T is imposing usage caps next week (May 23) is because the company contin...

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Who's "overpaid" at Verizon? [telecom]

By Alan Maass PITY THE poor Verizon executives. They're dealing with a strike by union workers who as individuals earn...

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