A defamation lawsuit from Cablevision last week (CD Dec 28 p6)...
A defamation lawsuit from Cablevision last week (CD Dec 28 p6) isn’t stopping the Communications Workers of America from speaking out against the cable company this week. Several of the company’s Brooklyn, N.Y., employees unionized last January and have loudly…
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slammed what they judge to be slower Internet speeds in Brooklyn and a botched response to Superstorm Sandy. Cablevision disputed the claims in a recent court document calling on CWA to stop spreading the information. CWA officials will join New York City Council Member Letitia James at the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Thursday morning to unveil a new report called “Leaving Brooklyn Behind,” which allegedly “will expose how Cablevision shortchanges its workers, consumers, and even Hurricane Sandy victims,” the organizers said in a release. The report will spotlight “customer survey data and documents examples of dangerous conditions of Cablevision equipment and lines,” they said. Cablevision declined comment until after the report is released.