Mayors Join CWA at Bargaining Table, Tell Verizon to Stop Stalling on FiOS

Mayors from Syracuse and Kingston, N.Y., joined workers at a bargaining session with Verizon in Rye, New York, Thursday, said a news release from the Communications Workers of America. Four other elected officials from New York state -- mayors of Albany, Utica and Rome and the Town Supervisor of Brookhaven -- wrote letters urging Verizon to stop ignoring their communities' need for high-speed Internet and TV service, the release said. The calls to build out FiOS come as the buildout of FiOS has become a bargaining issue between Verizon and both the CWA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as they negotiate a new contract (see 1507290062).