---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190517182507.GA7972@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 18:25:07 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Worker Gets CEO to Agree that Verizon Wireless Workers Have a Right to Join Unions (This is from the CWA newsletter) At Verizon's annual shareholder meeting earlier this month in Orlando, Fla., Jennifer Womack, a Verizon Wireless call center worker in Irving, Texas, took a brave stand to confront Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg and ask him point blank, once and for all: why is Verizon so scared of workers joining a union? Jennifer detailed the struggles faced by Verizon Wireless workers, including the intense pressure put on them by the company to hit unattainable goals and being thrown into new responsibilities with little or no training. "Inadequate training, scheduled work days being changed with little notice at all, medical leave not being paid. And then also retaliation. We've had some meetings [with management] about not meeting with the union, not talking to the union, and we feel like we're being harassed and bullied." Mr. Vestburg responded by noting that, "We're all here to make the company better," and went on to commit that, "Employees have all the right to [join unions]. And of course we are supporting whatever decision you're making." In addition to Jennifer and other Verizon Wireless workers who attended the meeting, CWA presented a shareholder proposal calling for an independent board chair, highlighting the need for oversight and accountability as the company undertakes risky new business strategies and internal restructuring. Watch the video of Jennifer confronting the Verizon CEO here. https://www.facebook.com/VZWrising/videos/778267409222691/?link_id=18&can_id=5839731f474911c89cd119b4f539aa2f&source=email-worker-confronts-verizon-ceo-on-union-busting-2&email_referrer=email_549044&email_subject=worker-confronts-verizon-ceo-on-union-busting -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ***** Moderator's Note ***** I don't like facepage sites: they're evil. But, the CWA is still fighting the good fight, so I'll leave it up to you. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190517174224.GA7872@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 17:42:24 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FTC Testifies That Priorities Include National Advertising, Fighting Fraud, Robocalls, And Expanding Enforcement Authority By Jeffrey A. Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce about the FTC's consumer protection and competition agenda. Here are some of the advertising-related highlights from their testimony. The FTC urged Congress to expand the FTC's enforcement authority by enacting privacy and data security legislation that would be enforceable by the FTC, expanding the FTC's rulemaking authority, and giving the FTC jurisdiction over non-profits and common carriers. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=805864&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190517183753.GA8250@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 18:37:53 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Net neutrality supporter sentenced for death threats to FCC Chairman Pai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty for threatening to kill the family of U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai over the regulator's successful effort to repeal net neutrality rules. The Justice Department said Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk, California, sent the email threats "in hopes it would cause (Pai) to reverse his position on net neutrality." https://kfgo.com/news/articles/2019/may/17/net-neutrality-supporter-sentenced-for-death-threats-to-fcc-chairman-pai/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 19 May 2019