In This Issue
Tampa Local Protests Excessive Pressure at Call
Center
IBEW Local 824 members and customers of Verizon picketed many
of the company’s locations across the Tampa region on
April 7, citing reports about how Verizon’s customer
service quality is dropping off.
Members say the company has started putting excessive
pressure on call center workers to sell products such as FiOS
Internet and video rather than fixing customer bills. And they
say Verizon now puts too much focus on its FiOS rollout and
neglects the decades-old copper telephone line service. Read
the full story.
Make Your Vote Count: Return Your Proxy to Your
Union!
Verizon put this year’s annual meeting in Lincoln,
Nebraska, making it hard for members to attend like so many did
last year in Pittsburgh. But we can make our presence felt by
voting our shares “against” all twelve members of
the board of directors on the stock proxy. Rejecting the board
of directors is a vote of “No Confidence” in
VZ’s leadership. Read
the full story.
Seidenberg Confronted at D.C. Demo
CWA members and Jobs with Justice activists picketed an event
where Ivan Seidenberg was receiving a “Digital Patriot
Award,” protesting the lack of FiOS in DC. Read
the full story.
W.Va. Law Would Ban Employer Captive-Audience
Meetings
The West Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed
legislation to prevent employers from using captive audience
meetings to intimidate workers who want to organize. The bill
would prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend
“captive audience” meetings on either political or
labor-related issues. The measure (H.B. 4132) passed 64-33 on
Feb. 26 and awaits action in the State Senate. Read
the full story.
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