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More than 6,000 California Verizon workers are beginning negotiations with management for a new contract

 Contract negotiations for Verizon workers in California begin on February 1.  They are part of approximately 30,000 other Verizon employees who are covered by separate union agreements. 

 In 2008, these members supported our campaign to win a good contract.  Now it's our turn to show them the same solidarity.  Their contract expires on March 13.

Union intervenors rip proposed Frontier settlement

 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio urged to reject stipulation as contrary to the public interest

 "No assurances that Frontier will have the financial strength to reliably operate and maintain Verizon Ohio."

 In a legal brief filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Friday, CWA and IBEW urged that commissioners reject the proposed sale of Verizon's landlines to Frontier as being contrary to the public interest.

 In addition, the unions urged rejection of a proposed stipulation as being "wholly inadequate in that it fails to meaningfully address the fundamental problems with the proposed transaction."  This stipulation was reached by the PUCO staff, the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, Verizon and Frontier on December 8, the day before the Commission's scheduled hearing on the proposed deal.

Verizon cuts back on its TV expansion to focus on building out services in towns it already serves
Company is going to concentrate on the towns where it already has licensing agreements.

http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x1599181160/Verizon-cuts-back-on-its-TV-expansion-to-focus-on-building-out-services-in-towns-it-already-serves

By Jon Chesto, The Patriot Ledger
Posted Dec 16, 2009 @ 01:32 AM, Last update Dec 16, 2009 @ 01:52 AM

 BOSTON — .Verizon’s top Massachusetts executive said the company will curtail the expansion of its FiOS TV service into new communities in the state in 2010 to focus on building out its network in the towns where it already has licensing agreements.

 Donna Cupelo, president of Verizon’s Massachusetts and Rhode Island operations, said the company is trying to ensure it reaches every neighborhood in each city and town where it has a cable TV license within a five-year period.

 Verizon entered the Massachusetts cable TV market with a license for Woburn in late 2005, and now has TV licenses in 106 cities and towns

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Unions Battle Verizon-Frontier Deal and $600 Million Tax Break

 Mike Hall, Jan 8, 2010

There is an oddly named tax loophole—the Reverse Morris Trust—that is so big and lucrative Verizon is getting ready to pull $600 million through it if its sale of rural phone landlines in 14 states to Frontier Communications is approved.

Not only does Verizon stand to pocket the $600 million tax break, but a similar deal in New England shows consumers’ phone and Internet services are likely to deteriorate and workers’ jobs may be put in jeopardy.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Electrical Workers (IBEW) are fighting the sale and are backing soon-to-be introduced federal legislation to close the loophole. The law now allows Verizon and other companies to sell assets tax-free to smaller companies such as Frontier, that end up burdened by debt. (For a detailed look at the Reverse Morris Trust, click here