NY Times, by Brad Stone and Jenna Wortham
It is a question that the nation’s early adopters keep hearing from friends: when is the iPhone coming to Verizon?
The combination of the biggest cellphone carrier in the United States and Apple’s smash-hit phone would certainly be a powerful one. And it would be a major challenge to AT&T, which has been the exclusive carrier for the phone since its debut in 2007.
For the CWA Local 1101 Dennis Diemer Scholarship Fund
All members of Local 1101 (including your friends and family) are invited to take part in the annual golf event, held for the benefit of The Dennis Diemer Scholarship Fund of Local 1101.
Last Year the Golf Outing raised $18,936 for the Dennis Diemer Scholarship Fund.
When: September 21, 2010
Time: 7:30 AM shotgun start, scramble format
Where: New York Country Club
103 Brick Church Road
New Hempstead, NY 10977
Cost: $135.00 per golfer
$110.00 for retirees and non-golfers
The price includes, golf and cart, plus a Continental breakfast at 7 AM, and a beverage cart on the course, and a buffet luncheon after golf (about 1 PM). Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors of this event prizes will be given away to many lucky golfers as well.
Registration is limited to the first 120 golfers that call. You can register by mail, or telephone. You will be required to give the names of the persons in the group and a reach number for someone who can get in touch with the other members of the group. Checks should be made payable to “CWA Local 1101 Special Projects Fund” and mailed to the attention of Terry Daly, Treasurer of Local 1101, at 275 7 Ave., 17 floor, NYC, NY 10001.
Everyone is responsible for arranging his or her own time off. Directions to the club will be available at the Local for all who may need them.
Because payment to the golf course must be made in advance of the outing, all players must be paid up prior to the day of the outing. No reservations will be held if not paid.
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CWA Local 1126 member who was shot while working at an AT&T Wireless store in central New York will be honored at the CWA convention, along with the off-duty police officer who killed the gunman before he could hurt anyone else.
The shooting and the events leading to it are a textbook argument for more retail store security and worker training.
The victim, Seth Turk, is out of the hospital but has a long road to full recovery. He was one of four CWA members and six workers total named on a “hit list” carried by gunman Abraham Dickan, 79, a meddlesome, almost daily visitor to the New York Mills store. A month earlier, Dickan brandished a gun to another CWA member there. AT&T sent him a letter banning him from the store, but no changes were made in security.
On May 27, after the county seized the weapon and revoked his carry permit in response to the earlier incident, Dickan returned, pulled a .357 caliber revolver and shot Turk in the stomach. Nearby in a short line of customers, off-duty Police Officer Donald Moore swiftly pulled his gun and fatally shot Dickan. No one else was injured.
In spite of his grave injury, Turk, 37, managed to call 911 and calmly provide details. “He was even able to tell them about Officer Moore having a weapon so they didn’t come in thinking he was possibly the assailant,” Local 1126 Vice President Jason White said. “The police said it was a textbook 911 call.”
White praised AT&T for its efforts since the shooting, which include re-opening the store at a new site with multiple video cameras, panic buttons and, for now, a constant police presence. But he is concerned about long-term safety for his members and all CWA retail workers nationwide. “We definitely need to establish a protocol, jointly with the company, that workers can follow if they ever feel threatened by a customer,” he said.
