Victory: Verizon Strikers to Go Back to Work Tuesday

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Saturday August 20, 2011 · 11:41 AM PDT

2011/08/20 · 11:41

This is a quick diary -- but excellent news that I wanted to share immediately!

The Communication Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the unions that represent 45,000 workers who have been on strike against Verizon, announced this afternoon that an agreement has been reached with Verizon to extend their union contract indefinitely and to restructure bargaining in a way that will hopefully lead to real progress at the bargaining table.

This is a HUGE victory for these incredibly courageous workers who stood up to corporate greed and said enough is enough. But it is also a huge victory for workers everywhere. In can't be said enough that Verizon workers stood up for all of us. And we see, once again, that when workers stand up, stand strong and united, and fight back -- they can win. This fight isn't over by any means -- at Verizon or anywhere else workers are under attack. But today I am super inspired and energized!! CWA and IBEW statement under the squiggle.

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Wednesday January 20, 2010 · 12:27 PM PST

2010/01/20 · 12:27

Although I continue to read this blog religiously, I haven't posted here since the primary in 2008. This is more a rant than a diary perhaps and I apologize for that....but my jaw just about hit the floor and I almost knocked myself out when I saw this:

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 6:56 PM PDT

2008/08/28 · 18:56

I just got off the phone with my friend in PA who was a die hard Clinton supporter. He couldn't get over her loss. Since the primaries ended, all he could talk about when we talked about politics was that if Obama didn't pick Clinton as his running mate, he was voting for McCain.

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Monday August 11, 2008 · 6:40 PM PDT

2008/08/11 · 18:40

Those of you who clicked on this diary thinking, or maybe even hoping, that it was going to be yet ANOTHER diary trashing Edwards -- sorry, nope, not this one. No, the disappointent I'm referring to in my title is in you. You know who you are.

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 8:16 AM PDT

2008/08/02 · 08:16

While I was browsing through my emails on this somewhat sleepy Saturday morning, I came across one from Congressman Wexler that I want to share with you.

But first, a word about Representative Wexler. He fits into the "better" category when we talk about electing "more and better Democrats" -- and we can't afford to lose him. He's one of the very few Democrats in Congress pushing to hold Bush's criminal administration accountable, and he's been using some of his re-election funds to operate his national impeachment campaign against Cheney, Bush, et al. And in general, he's been a strong, passionate voice on progressive issues. We can't afford to lose him.

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 1:25 PM PDT

2008/07/14 · 13:25

This will most likely be a short diary but I have been thinking about this for awhile and I have come to a decision today that I wanted to share with you -- and to encourage others to join me in that decision.

Starting today, I will be making a monthly contribution to Obama's campaign to help ensure our victory in November. I have stubbornly resisted the many calls here and on other blogs to donate.

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Thursday June 12, 2008 · 1:37 PM PDT

2008/06/12 · 13:37

This is a very short diary and my apologies for it. But there's been something weighing rather heavily on my mind and I just have to ask it. Please correct me if I am wrong -- I will be happy to correct anything that is incorrect in this diary. There is a lot of anger towards Clinton about her vote to authorize the war in Iraq. I am against the war in Iraq. I want the troops home TODAY, whether that is a reasonable or logical solution to the mess over there or not. But unless I am mistaken, Kerry also voted for the war. And to make matters worse, during his campaign for President in 2004 (during which I worked my ass off for him) didn't he say something along the lines of (and I am paraphrasing here because I don't remember exact words "if I knew that Iraq did not have WMD, and if I knew that Iraq was not a threat to the US, I still would have voted to authorize the war". Again, I'm paraphrasing. Correct me if I am wrong. Please.

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 11:30 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 11:30

My apologies for this shortest of diaries. There was a diary up a few hours ago regarding MSNBC's statement that the AFL-CIO was helping John McCain by activating members in 22 states to "talk to their members".

MSNBC recently issued the following correction:

We need to take a moment to clarify a story we reported a little earlier today
We misspoke and said that the AFL-CIO is launching an effort to help John McCain
The labor group is actually working against Senator McCain.

It is launching a campaign sending six thousand of its people door-to-door in more
than 22 states to in its words "expose" mccain's economic record and health care
proposals.

The AFL-CIO has not endorsed anyone in the Democratic primary.

We apologize for the error.

What do lobbyists expect from Obama?

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 3:32 PM PDT

2008/04/16 · 15:32

When Edwards was still a candidate and participating in the presidential debates, one question he was particularly fond of asking the other candidates (in fact, he seemed to almost relish the opportunity to ask it) was what they thought the health care, pharmaceutical and other industies expected from the candidates who took so much money from them. I think it's a legitimate question.

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 10:09 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 22:09

I was just going to post a comment on a recent diary but something profound just happened and I decided to post this diary instead. Yes, a little self-indulgent. I know. But follow me over the jump anyway.

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Sunday February 24, 2008 · 6:22 PM PST

2008/02/24 · 18:22

Much has been said on this site about how very lucky Democrats have been this year with the array of smart, accomplished, impressive and diverse candidates for President we've had. I, along with many others, have been postively gleeful at the Republicans' dismal choices. When John McCain emerged as the Republican front-runner, I was even more gleeful because all I kept hearing was how much Republicans really didn't like McCain.

We are now down to two choices on our side, and whether you support Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama, I hope that the vast majority of us would agree that either candidate would make an infinitely better president than John McCain.

So imagine my surprise when I read today on Rasussen Reports that McCain, the man Republicans love to hate, has less core opposition than Obama or Clinton!

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 8:33 PM PST

2008/01/29 · 20:33

This diary will be short and sweet. A call to action if you will. I just received this email from the Edwards campaign:
(My apologies if this has already been diaried, I got excited!)

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