Posts Tagged ‘Strike’

Verizon Sues to Keep Picketers Back as Strike Heats Up

Verizon filed injunction requests to to keep Communications Workers of America picketers back from its facilities, as reports of violence at strike sites grow and contract talks continue. The court orders are necessary, Verizon says, to keep service operating in the areas affected by the strike. The strike is already disrupting mobile communications, and may [...]

Verizon Strike Gets Ugly

Verizon’s striking workers and management have reached a standoff after the third day of the wireline workers’ walkout, with both parties leveling charges against the other and no progress to report. Union representatives accused managers of injuring workers with their cars while driving past picket lines. Unions reported Verizon’s non-union employees were injuring picketers, citing [...]

Obama Not Dead, Hackers Strike Again

Hackers broke into Fox News’ Twitter account and posted fake messages about the assassination of President Obama, as online battle moves to political targets. A group dubbed the “Script Kiddies” yesterday took credit for hacking Fox News’ Twitter account. White House officials assured the nation that the President was fine and enjoyed an Independence Day [...]

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