February 18, 2025
A former Verizon employee urged a New York federal court to grant him a win in his lawsuit against his former employer and the Communications Workers of America, saying he was only fired for using the N-word because he's white and the union wished to avoid negative publicity.
July 25, 2023
Bids from Verizon and the Communications Workers of America to dismiss a white worker's suit over his termination for using a racial slur should be denied, a federal magistrate judge recommended Tuesday, saying the former employee reasonably raised a claim that the union didn't arbitrate his grievance over optics concerns.