Kelly v. Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO et al

  1. August 22, 2025

    White Worker Fights Verizon's Dispute Of Judge's Bias Report

    Verizon's challenge to a federal magistrate judge's report about a fired white employee's race bias allegation incorrectly characterizes the court's analysis, the worker argued, defending the judge's recommendation that the company's summary judgment bid to toss a discrimination claim should be denied.

  2. July 14, 2025

    CWA Was Not Biased Against White Member, Judge Says

    A New York federal court should find that the Communications Workers of America did not racially discriminate against a white Verizon worker by declining to arbitrate his firing grievance, a magistrate judge said, concluding evidence shows the union did not think it would win.

  3. April 14, 2025

    CWA, Verizon Dispute Fired White Worker's Race Bias Claims

    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.

  4. February 18, 2025

    White Verizon Worker Says Race Bias Got Him Fired

    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.

  5. July 25, 2023

    Verizon, CWA Should Face Firing Suit Over Slur, Judge Says

    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.