Net Neutrality is Threatening to Break My Give-a-Damn
When I heard that FCC chairman Ajit Pai was gunning to dismantle Net Neutrality rules, I just sighed. I was so, so tired. I thought about what I would be losing if my phone and […]
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Why Net Neutrality Is Important And Needs To Be Saved
Net Neutrality is under attack. The big telecommunications companies (i.e., Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, etc.) are trying to quash the gains we the people made for a free and open Internet since the Federal Communications Commission […]
Verizon Workers Are Off the Picket Lines: What Did They Gain?
Last Friday telecommunications giant Verizon came to a tentative agreement with Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and after spending seven weeks on the picket lines, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers […]
Verizon Workers Talk About What It’s Like to Strike
Editor’s Note: The article was originally published over at the Lancaster 15Now blog. Julia Scheib is a member of Lancaster 15Now and reports on the fight for 15 from the perspective of the activists and […]
Lancaster Verizon Workers Nearing a Month on Strike Discuss Their Grievances
Editor’s Note: The article was originally published over at the Lancaster 15Now blog. Julia Scheib is a member of Lancaster 15Now and reports on the fight for 15 from the perspective of the activists and […]
#VerizonStrike: Workers Gather Outside at Call Center to Show Solidarity with Members Forced to Work Night Shifts
At 6 am this morning, 40,000 Verizon workers walked off the job, and and just outside of Harrisburg on Union Deposit Road in Lower Paxton Township, roughly 150 Communication Workers of America Local 13000 members […]
Why We Need to Defend Net Neutrality: Rick Smith Talks with Craig Harrington from Media Matters for America | February 12, 2015
Craig Harrington, Researcher at Media Matter for America talks about the importance of Net Neutrality. Listen to Craig’s interview HERE
A Father’s Day Barbeque—Washington-Style
It’s Father’s Day, and that means the Great White Republican Hierarchy in Washington smells burnt charcoal and is ready to barbeque some Democrats. Because Father’s Day is special, the Republican-proposed Sequester is waived, and there […]