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.
Lindsay Clancy's trial resumed Wednesday in Massachusetts with the cross-examination of a psychologist who testified that Clancy said she heard a voice ordering her to kill her children.
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Boston Police are searching for a 17-year-old who is wanted for murder in connection with a deadly stabbing in South Station last week.
A boy was critically hurt Tuesday morning when a large branch fell on him at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland, Massachusetts.
Lindsay Clancy's trial resumes today with the testimony of a psychologist who testified that Clancy said she heard a voice ordering her to kill her children.
Police are looking for Karen Solomon as they investigate the death of Worcester police officer Kurt Solomon.
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school.
A boy was critically hurt Tuesday morning when a large branch fell on him at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland, Massachusetts.
A convicted sex offender is now accused of recording video of children at the Boston Common Frog Pond using sunglasses with a camera.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
Massachusetts has seen more than 100 cyclospora cases this summer, with some linked to lettuce.
Several people in New Hampshire have cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Apartment rental scams are rising in the Boston area, according to the FBI. They said there have been nearly 500 victims.
An I-Team investigation into a brazen case of alleged land theft in Concord, Massachusetts has led to criminal charges nearly two years later.
With the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike looming, some parents of newborns in the NICU are sounding the alarm.
A Malden, Massachusetts woman said National Grid took more than $28,000 out of her bank account for a gas bill that she didn't owe.
A Massachusetts family thought their Vrbo stay would be protected after they had to cancel their trip to Hawaii due to severe weather. Now they're out $12,000.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
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."
Panera Bread is moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Weston, Massachusetts.
Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
Golden Temple and Party Favors in Brookline are closing after a combined 100 years in business.
There are no more Hooters restaurants left in Massachusetts.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
Blending clean modern lines with the warmth of a classic seaside retreat, this stunning North Shore coastal home was designed to feel both elevated and inviting.
Set across thirty acres of rolling lawns, wooded trails, and contemporary outdoor art, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum invites visitors to experience art in the landscape.
James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Karen Akunowicz has become known for her bold, Italian-inspired cooking and unmistakable culinary voice.
Just a short drive from Newport, the Norman Bird Sanctuary spans 300 acres of fields, forests, and coastal trails with sweeping views and more than six miles of hiking paths.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, and the Red Sox dismantled the Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night.
Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay.
Dorchester, Massachusetts native Joshua Báez made history on Saturday in his Major League Baseball debut.
Sonny Gray worked seven innings for his career-best 15th win of the season, Wilyer Abreu hit a home run, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Saturday night.
Natick says it is installing a new floating boardwalk across Pickerel Pond.
Rising ocean temperatures are drawing more hammerhead sharks to New England waters, researchers say.
Some of the oldest military veterans in Massachusetts were honored with special flights on Friday in a World War II-era aircraft.
After marrying Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Adam Sandler went to Nantucket in search of a basketball court.
An injured hiker had to be carried off a New Hampshire mountain on a stretcher, but that didn't stop her from getting engaged.