Verizon Landline, Cable Workers Strike In Boston
The workers represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers.
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The workers represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers.
Mayor Marty Walsh announced a partnership with Verizon Tuesday in which the company will invest $300 million dollars in a project to build a fiber optic communications network in Boston.
Hackers have stolen contact information of Verizon business customers in the latest breach of a big company or organization.
The deadline to apply for a refund is Dec. 31.
Verizon and unions representing workers in nine states said employees will work without a contract as more negotiations are scheduled.
The contract covers employees the nine states from Massachusetts to Virginia who work for Verizon's wireline business.
Union officials say a group of Verizon employees in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have voted to authorize a strike if union negotiators determine one is necessary after their contract expires Aug. 1.
Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion, advancing the telecom's push in both mobile and advertising fields.
A woman and her baby sitting in a nearby car narrowly missed being hit by the poles that crashed down on Calvin Road in Watertown about 11 a.m.
The man was apparently mad that a Verizon worker parked his van on the grass to access the vault to do some work.
Many families bundle cable, internet, and phone services to save a bundle of cash. But a new charge is catching some customers by surprise.
Service has been restored to many of the thousands of customers impacted by a fire underneath a bridge in Lawrence.
There are many ways you can save on things like electricity. Shutting off something as simple as a computer monitor will save you a bundle.
Verizon Wireless is phasing out nearly all of its existing phone plans and replacing them with pricing schemes that lets subscribers share a monthly data allowance over as many as 10 devices.
Existing Verizon Wireless customers have a choice to make. They can stick with their current plan or switch to one of the company's Share Everything plans.
New cable-offered home security packages allow people to keep tabs on their houses over the internet.
Most carriers have already pulled the plug on unlimited data for new customers. Now, Verizon says it will start to phase out unlimited plans for existing customers.
Officials in Swampscott are trying to figure out who hacked into the Town Hall phone system.
Attorney General Martha Coakley says Verizon New England has agreed to pay more than $800,000 to resolve allegations it overcharged local communities for telephone service.
Ten Verizon workers from Massachusetts are among the 40 being fired nationwide for actions during a strike.
Forty people nationwide have been fired after last summer's contentious Verizon strike. Lisa van der Pool has that and more of the top local business headlines.
Verizon takes action against workers over an office pool.
Verizon and the Communication Workers of America have filed unfair labor charges against one another as the strike by thousands of union workers heads into its second week.
In Boston, some striking Verizon workers attempted to take their message to the top.
As thousands of Verizon landline workers took to the picket lines, the company was also dealing with at least 12 acts of sabotage.
Massport is starting to use new technology to help passengers keep track of TSA lines at Logan Airport in Boston.
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the situation will get worse the longer the agency and the Department of Homeland Security don't receive funding.
Keira and Landon are a close-knit brother and sister who want to be adopted together.
With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suárez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.
Cole Caufield scored 4:38 into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 in a rivalry matchup Tuesday night.
Massport is starting to use new technology to help passengers keep track of TSA lines at Logan Airport in Boston.
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the situation will get worse the longer the agency and the Department of Homeland Security don't receive funding.
Firefighters in Quincy are furious after the city council rejected a plan to buy them new gear for $2.6 million.
It's now been 36 years since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston became the victim of the largest unsolved art heist in history.
The street is closed from Heath Street to Armory Street on the Roxbury-Jamaica Plain line, a day after a water main break flooded the neighborhood.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
A woman went to visit her mother's grave at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury and was surprised to see the headstone was moved.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar, a well-known Irish pub in Worcester, Massachusetts for decades, is closing for good right before St. Patrick's Day.
Gillette is making a $1 billion investment in a new Boston headquarters.
The restaurants at View Boston are closing this spring.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suárez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.
Cole Caufield scored 4:38 into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 in a rivalry matchup Tuesday night.
Jaylen Brown had 41 points and Jayson Tatum scored 21 to help the Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns 120-112 on Monday night.
Jack Hughes had three assists, and the Devils dented the Bruins' playoff chances by beating them 4-3 in overtime Monday night.
The U.S. men's national soccer team is expected to debut the new uniforms later this month in Atlanta, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting in June.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.