Contract Workers stories:
Verizon 3Q Net Down 30% Amid Charges; Wireless Trail AT&T
Oct 26th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Verizon Communications Inc.'s (VZ) third-quarter income fell 30% on higher merger and restructuring costs while wireless-subscribership gains trailed AT&T Inc. (T) during the quarter.
FairPoint files for bankruptcy; restructuring underway
Oct 26th, 2009 - NECN
(NECN: Lauren Collins, Manchester, NH) - Fairpoint is buried under $1.7 billion in debt. The company had been criticized as too small to take on Verizon's land-line interests in Maine...Verizon Profit Drops 30%
Oct 26th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Verizon Communications Inc.'s third-quarter income fell 30% on higher merger and restructuring costs while wireless-subscribership gains trailed AT&T Inc. during the quarter.
Caterpillar Profit, Forecast Beat Analysts' Estimates
Oct 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Caterpillar Inc., the world’slargest maker of bulldozers and excavators, posted third-quarterprofit that beat analysts’ estimates and issued a full-yearearnings forecast that exceeded the highest prediction.Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
Jul 14th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
A helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan's Helmand province, say coalition military officials. A spokesman for Nato-led forces in the country said two people had died and that the helicopter had been carrying civilian contract workers.
Contract Workers videos from YouTube:
3:42Ford workers speak out against concessions contract
WSWS reporters speak to Ford workers during the contract vote at UAW Local 600 in Dearborn, Michigan.
8:44Grocery Workers Contract Confidential
Southern California grocery workers talk about their contract fight
5:42NYC Sewage Treatment Plant Workers Local 1320 Fight For For Fair Contract
New York City sewage treatment plant workers have been working without a contract for seven years.Local 1320 President Jim Tucciarelli explains the work his members perform treating 1.4 billion gallons of New York City's sewage ...
8:38IBEW Opens Negotiations With AT&T - Workers Seek Fair Contract
Washington, DC - The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) opens negotiations with AT&T on Monday, May 18, 2009, aiming to get a fair and equitable contract with the nations largest telephone company, whose net income in 2008 rose 7 ...
