April 14, 2025
The Communications Workers of America and Verizon challenged a worker's suit alleging he was fired for using the N-word because he is white, with the union and company arguing that the CWA hadn't breached its duty of fair representation by not advancing a grievance over the firing to arbitration.
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.