Rally to support Cablevision Workers MLK Day January 16, 2012. Their Union election is January 26th. Click on the photo to view the gallery.
Our Bargaining Committees have told us what needs be done. WE MUST continue to ramp up our MOBILAZATION efforts if we want to get a fair contract. All Members need to pledge 4 hours a week to show this Company that we will do whatever it takes to win this fight.
We need to Fight Together to Win!
Remember in Unity there is Strength!!!
New in Your Wireless Store: The Cable Guy
A pending $3.6 billion transfer of spectrum between cable companies and Verizon Wireless will give Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, a presence in select Verizon retail locations. Comcast salesmen will offer Verizon customers special offers on cellphones and other deals if they sign up for Comcast’s Xfinity service…
Justice Department probing Verizon deal with cable companies …
Dec 20, 2011 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department is probing Verizon Wireless’ multi-billion dollar deal to buy wireless airwaves from cable …
Cable ops divulge Verizon marketing deals to FCC
Communications, Engineering & Design Magazine – Jan 20, 2012
Four cable companies selling a massive swath of AWS spectrum to Verizon Wireless for nearly $4 billion have decided to tell the FCC about the extensive marketing deals that go along with the transactions, but they don’t want the details made public. …
FCC reviews cable-Verizon marketing deals
FierceCable – Jan 20, 2012
While regulators haven’t yet approved the transfer of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum from the cable operators to Verizon, Comcast and Verizon are already beginning to run joint promotions for cable and mobile phone service in Portland and Seattle. …
Free Press Pleased That the FCC Will Examine Verizon/Cable Pacts
The Latest | Free Press – Jan 19, 2012
Without real competition for cable or mobile phone services, there’s no pressure to lower prices or innovate. “Even as the FCC begins its process for reviewing these deals, Verizon and the cable companies have already begun to resell each other’s …
Sparks Start to Fly in VZ Wireless-MSO Deal
Light Reading – Jan 20, 2012
But the Verizon Wireless-cable side is reluctant to show the finer points of their bundling deals out in the open. In a filing to the FCC on Wednesday, they agreed to provide the FCC, on a classified basis, details of the co-marketing deal, …
Verizon Remains A Reliable Dividend Income Holding
Seeking Alpha – Jan 19, 2012
Verizon, in December 2011, purchased additional advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum. Verizon Wireless purchases 20 MHz of AWS spectrum for $3.6 billion from SpectrumCo LLC. Spectrum is a joint venture between Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright …