According to a leaked screenshot sent to us by one of our loyal readers, Verizon has a number of new $20 upgrade fees that will take …

Verizon is set to complete a sale of its wireline phone, Internet, and TV networks in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. The $10.54 billion transaction, announced in February 2015, has received all the necessary regulatory approvals and is scheduled to be finalized March 31.

Twenty U.S. Senators are standing with working families and against Verizon’s greed, urging the company to negotiate a fair contract covering 29,000 CWA and IBEW members in Verizon East.

Regional Bargaining Report # 56 Thursday, March 24, 2016 The Mid Atlantic Bargaining Team met in Philadelphia this week. The Unions passed several modified proposals attempting to address both the concerns of the company and the needs of our members.

Regional Bargaining Report # 55 Friday, March 18, 2016 As bargaining in Philadelphia resumed this week, high level discussions took place in an attempt to find a way to move negotiations toward a successful resolution.

CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney will be speaking at our CWA Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 7pm. The address is: IBEW Local 26 Meeting Hall 4371 Parliament Place, Lanham Md. 20706 Vice President Mooney will also be speaking on Wednesday March 23, 2016 at 5pm.

We will be doing “informational picketing” in the work places on Thursday 3-17-16 from 7:15am-7:45am wear “RED”. We will be leafletting the Verizon Wireless store on Sat. 3-19-16 from 10am-2pm. The address is 1314 F St. N.W. Wash. D.C. 20004.

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is acquiring competitive provider XO Communications’ fiber business for $1.8 billion, giving it an expanded network to deepen its Ethernet penetration while satisfying its small cell and wireless backhaul needs. Buying XO’s fiber makes sense for Verizon on a number of levels.

Verizon Communications Inc., the largest U.S. wireless provider, may sell bonds backed by the payments its customers owe for financing phones. While other companies such as Sprint Corp. have used the technique to obtain private loans, Verizon would be one of the first wireless carriers to issue bonds that use expected monthly phone payments from its customers as collateral.

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