Dear Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menio, Superintendent Carol Johnson and Mr. John McDonough, I recently read that the City of Boston and the Boston School Department has partnered with Verizon in an Anti-Bullying Partnership. • http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-foundation-partners-with-boston-public-schools-to-ensure-students-stay-safe-online-100990779.html In 2004 when I decided to make a stand against inappropriate mistreatment to Verizon employees in general, the punishment and targeting began to evolve. One form of retaliation and punishment was that I had to sit in the back of the room in a corner, as I was not allowed to choose where I sat while attending some Directors Meetings at Verizon. I had to listen to Verizon management tell me that because I’m black, I will never be an equal. I had to sit there and listen to Verizon management state that blacks were stupid and less deserving, and that our positions were only granted to us because of Affirmative Action. I had to sit and listen to why female black lesbians were hired and promoted as well as listen to the type of foods black people like to eat. I was advised by an upper level minority manager prior to making complaints to the Verizon’s EEO and Verizon’s Security Officer’s; that if I decided to report these acts of racial harassment, racial torment, racial jokes and bullying, I would be blackballed, retaliated against and it was career sabotage my career would be over. Mr. Lopez also stated this to two other minority managers within Verizon of these as well; when they came to him for advice because of the racial harassment they endured while working at Verizon as well. Verizon put the fear of GOD into these two female black managers within Verizon that if they reported racial harassment or discriminative act, they would never advance and be blackballed, and used me as an example of my demise caused by them. I would like to bring to your attention about the company that responded to a Federal and State Agency when asked about a manager that was bulling a minority manager. Verizon responded: The investigation yield that Benvie had a reputation of being a BULLY and an equal opportunity offender. Race was not an issue with Benvie’s condescending and obnoxious behavior and inappropriate comments to almost everyone that he had contact with. McGovern had substantiated complaints from Caucasian technicians concerning Benvie’s offensive management style. Best simply had a foul mouth and did not differentiate between anyone with the manner in which she spoke. A female technician in Massachusetts made complaints to Verizon as well about a male manager touching her inappropriately, Verizon responded to her by saying: “He only touched you once.” Verizon responded in a federal deposition in 2011 that they received over 104,000 complaints into the EEOC a year. More than ½ of their employees are having issues of their unethical abuse and bullying tactics, and they are ignored. We the employees of Verizon and others against workplace bullying are asking you to please break your ties. This is the company you’re really in a partnership with. I request that you choose your partnerships with companies that actually have ETHICS. Read the employees respond in these petitions: • Verizon – Enough is Enough / Petition: http://signon.org/sign/bullying-at-verizon-enough?source=c.em.cp&r_by=4096164 • Enough is Enough - Stop Workplace Bullying / National Petition: http://signon.org/sign/enough-is-enough-stop-1?source=c.url&r_by=4521742 “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke Neal W. Dias 774-991-3663 [email protected] [email protected] My Blog Page: Blog Address (GOOGLE): Bullying at Verizon – Enough is Enough Facebook: • Justice at Verizon • Enough is Enough – Stop Workplace Bullying President Obama – Workplace Bullying Meeting http://justicefor7.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/the-president-of-the-united-states-bullying/ My Story: http://justiceatverizon.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/bullying-at-verizon/ Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination: http://justiceatverizon.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/unjustice-at-verizon-and-the-massachusetts-commission-against-discrimination/ Verizon - Federal Violation and Criminal Investigation http://justiceatverizon.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/civil-rights-act-of-1964-verizon/ My Speeches: Healthy Workplace Bill Press Conference in Boston Massachusetts July 7, 2012 (Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85HKgP-dfyI Healthy Workplace Bill Press Conference in New York April 30, 2012 (Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6pPe2gqGRI&feature=share Civil Rights and Anti-Bullying Leadership Summit in Hartford Connecticut at the Legislators Building, August 9, 2012 **(Neal W. Dias – fast forward to 02:41:56 – 02:56:09)** http://ct-n.com/ondemand.asp?ID=8061 National Workplace Bullying Press Conference in Washington DC October 15th 2012 http://youtu.be/bid5DK97rq8 http://www.workplacebullying.org/2012/10/21/npc-dias/ Huffington Post Article: Title: Verizon: Plenty Of Good Middle Class Jobs But Would You Want To Work There? http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/09/14/verizon-plenty-of-good-middle-class-jobs-but-would-you-want-to/

The North Carolina governor and a state legislator made a callous decision to change unemployment benefits under HB 4 beginning in July 2013 rather than January 2014. Not being able to wait six months is now forcing the loss of federal unemployment benefits to over 70,000 individuals and families like myself who are still struggling to find work. North Carolina has the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country.

Google's motto is "Don't Be Evil," but it is supporting one of the worst climate-denier organizations in the world: the Koch-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). The Washington Post just revealed that Google was the biggest single donor to CEI's annual dinner on Thursday, June 20, dropping $50,000 in support of this anti-science group. The dinner was headlined by radical global warming denier Sen. Rand Paul. CEI's other donors include a who's who of polluters: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Altria (Phillip Morris), Koch Companies, and Koch's Americans For Prosperity. CEI is famed for its ad promoting carbon dioxide emissions: "They call it pollution. We call it life." "You can lie about the effects of climate change, but eventually you'll be seen as a liar," Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said. Google has been a corporate leader in fighting climate change pollution, and its support for CEI's liars is a glaring mistake.

My petition is in regard to pre-employment personality testing. Such testing should not be relied on in determining whether someone gains employment with a company or not because it may exclude people who are qualified for the job and are not a risk. The reverse is also true concerning qualifications and being a risk.

While we are under sequester F-16 jets went to a terrorist country (Egypt) now arms & more aid to syria

As a huge fan of the karaoke event, I suffered as my friends battled to get the opportunity to perform. This cast a cloud of suspicion over the whole event.

Networking with progressives should be easier and it's hard to remember everyone's names! We also need need organizers to let us add Twitter and Dkos user handles!

We urge our local and state partners to join us in opposing California Assembly Bill 1407. We believe that low-income consumers deserve the right to be protected through regulatory process to ensure affordability of utilities programs (Lifeline programs) that help them meet their basic living needs. See below for information about AB 1407

Remember what Reagan said! Walls are a symbol of a closed and fearful society. What do we fear that we are putting up this ugly 700-mile-long wall? Could it be that we KNOW that we are the cause of many of these peoples’ arduous and dangerous attempts to find work in the United States because of our trade policies, our racist drug wars, and our insatiable need for fossil fuels? And could it be, Senators Cornyn, Cruz, Rubio, Corker, and Hoeven, that you are obligated to line the pockets of your defense industry pals with contracts to militarize the border at the expense of the lives of our neighbors in Mexico and Central and South America, thereby destroying cultural & familial ties that have existed for decades? Tear down this ugly wall – better yet, don’t build it in the first place.

Last year, the Florida House rejected Medicaid expansion, leaving over one million Floridians uncertain about the future of their access to health care. As 2014 starts and Obamacare rolls into full swing, it's more important than ever for Florida to pass Medicaid expansion. El año pasado, la Cámara Legislativa de Florida votó en contra de la expansión de Medicaid, dejando a más de un millón de Floridanos sin saber si tendrían acceso a futuros servicios cuidado de salud. Cuando a principios de 2014 Obamacare entre en pleno funcionamiento, es más importante que nunca que el estado de Florida apruebe la expansión de Medicaid.

Last week, Republican legislators in Wisconsin voted on party lines to limit women's access to healthcare. Under the new legislation, if you are a woman seeking an abortion for any reason, you may be required to have an invasive, trans-vaginal ultrasound because Wisconsin Republicans want you to be "educated" about the pregnancy.

We spend more on weapons and war than the combined military budgets of the next 16 countries, including many U.S. allies and friends. But House Republicans want to fund an increase in Pentagon spending with more cuts to vital services – literally taking hot food from the mouths of vulnerable seniors and robbing children of education and a path to a brighter future. This outrageous plan and the right-wing obsession with cutting our nation to the core must be stopped. Tell Congress: Don’t cut vital programs to increase Pentagon spending. Slashing vital social safety net programs that serve millions of families makes absolutely no sense, which makes the GOP’s 2014 spending plan particularly cruel. They would add to the devastating sequester cuts to domestic spending in order to increase a Pentagon budget that already eats up 57% of the money Congress votes on. Well, it’s time for Congress to hear what the American people think about the GOP’s tea-party priorities. Tell Congress: Don’t cut vital social safety net programs to increase Pentagon spending. Some in Washington have completely lost touch with the everyday struggles of life – finding and keeping a good job, paying rent and bills on time, and taking care of our friends and family who’ve fallen behind through no fault of their own. As families and communities struggle just to get by, we need jobs and prosperity for all, not austerity. We have collapsing bridges in Washington, we have cancer patients going without treatment, and we have children being turned away from Head Start at a time when we should be investing in their future. It’s up to us to stop these cuts to our communities and speak out for prosperity for all. Join us as we call on Congress to do the right thing and defend our social safety net against these radical right-wing attacks.