Business
Verizon Wireless to close five call centers, consolidate seven others
Feb. 12, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
Van Halen, reunited with David Lee Roth, performed at Verizon Center March 28.
March 24, 2014
Technology and the Internet
Verizon Wireless is closing five of its customer-service call centers in the U.S. and consolidating seven others in a move that will affect about 5,200 workers.
Verizon Communications Inc. plans to close call centers in five states including California and its home state of New York, where the impending loss of hundreds of jobs prompted the governor’s office to call the company’s move “corporate abuse.”
Oct. 13, 2016
California
Authorities were involved in a standoff Friday afternoon at a La Crescenta shopping center after a man barricaded himself in a Verizon store, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said.
Nov. 29, 2013
NEW YORK — Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that includes 1,300 new call center jobs and nearly 11 percent in raises over four years but also makes health care plan changes to save the company money, the company and unions said Monday.
May 30, 2016
Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi at Staples Center, Nokia Plaza
May 16, 2013
Going to a large sporting event usually means you won’t have Internet connection until you leave the stadium, but Los Angeles’ Staples Center will no longer have that problem.
Man barricaded in Verizon store in La Crescenta, authorities say
The Justice Department said it has lingering doubts that Verizon Communications Inc. has met federal requirements to provide long-distance telephone service to local customers in Massachusetts.
Feb. 22, 2001