je.st
news
Tag: workers
Verizon workers prepare to strike amid contract dispute
2016-04-13 09:25:56| Telecom - Topix.net
About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast are expected to walk off the job after they say there has been little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago. The workers, members of two unions - the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., for Verizon's wireline business, which provides fixed-line phone services and FiOS Internet service.
Tags: contract
workers
prepare
strike
UPDATE 1-Verizon wireline workers' strike to start Wednesday -unions
2016-04-11 21:19:44| IT Services - Topix.net
Verizon Communications Inc's wireline employees will go on strike starting Wednesday after reaching an impasse in talks over a new contract, union officials said on Monday. Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers represent over 37,000 employees of the wireline business, which includes FiOS Internet, telephone and TV services.
Tags: start
update
wednesday
workers
UPDATE 1-Verizon wireline workers' strike to start Wednesday -unions
2016-04-11 20:36:34| Telecom - Topix.net
Verizon Communications Inc's wireline employees will go on strike starting Wednesday after reaching an impasse in talks over a new contract, union officials said on Monday. Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers represent over 37,000 employees of the wireline business, which includes FiOS Internet, telephone and TV services.
Tags: start
update
wednesday
workers
Electrical Workers Still on Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs List
2016-04-11 16:18:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Electrical workers are still in the top 10 most dangerous job list. But utilities are aggressively working to lower the number of accidents. read more
Florida Sanitation Workers Rescue Kittens from Trash
2016-04-11 16:18:00| Waste Age
Three sanitation workers from Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority in Florida rescued four five-to five-week-old kittens from a tied plastic bag while processing garbage. read more
Tags: florida
workers
rescue
trash
Sites : [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] next »