Verizon CEO Pulls Out of CES One Week Before the Show
McAdams was originally supposed to be on a panel with Xerox's CEO Ursula Burns and Ford's CEO Alan Mulally.
CES is one of the biggest tradeshows in the world, so when a company signs up to attend, it's usually a good indication that they've got something to talk about. However, it seems one of the panel speakers, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, has pulled out with just one week remaining before the show.
Bloomberg cites spokesman Peter Thonis as saying the reasoning behind the cancellation is a scheduling conflict. According to Thonis, Lowell's scheduled has changed and he can no longer make his January 11 panel on the power of innovation. No additional explanation was given for his sudden decision to pull out of the show, however, this isn't the first time we've had a major CEO cancel a CES appearance. Former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz was supposed to give one of the keynote speeches at CES 2010, but ended up canceling a couple of months beforehand. Similar to Lowell McAdam, Carol's reason for not going to the show was a change of schedule.
CES 2012 is scheduled to take place from January 10 - 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada. We'll be on-site bringing you the latest news and coverage of the best keynotes happening, so stay tuned!
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Yeah he is to busy trying to screw over IBEW and CWA on their contracts!!. We want a contract Lowell!
Good move...ordinary when you're announcing price increase/bandwidth cutting, you wouldn't want to announce it on IT shows where most people are able to call your claims...
/sarcasm...
Yeah he is to busy trying to screw over IBEW and CWA on their contracts!!. We want a contract Lowell!
A company trying to screw over union workers? funny.... It's typical for unions to screw over companies....much like UAW did to GM and Chrysler....
Charge him for 'Early Termination' costs and "IN-convenient" fees!!
A company trying to screw over union workers? funny.... It's typical for unions to screw over companies....much like UAW did to GM and Chrysler....
If you look at the reason why unions were started in the first place, you can see that workers rights were non-existent and the exploitation of people were of no concern to business owners. In essence, it was business who forced the creation of unions for the protection and fair treatment of individuals.
A company trying to screw over union workers? funny.... It's typical for unions to screw over companies....much like UAW did to GM and Chrysler....
If you look at the reason why unions were started in the first place, you can see that workers rights were non-existent and the exploitation of people were of no concern to business owners. In essence, it was business who forced the creation of unions for the protection and fair treatment of individuals.
..still doesn't change the fact that sykozis is correct though
..still doesn't change the fact that sykozis is correct though
My point was to illustrate that the pendulum swings in both directions.
Lol at the idiots blaming Unions.
Go back to Fox News you retards.
unions dont even help the workers anymore, they just collect their union dues and the workers just sit around and do nothing and think they are entitled to more money and benefits without having to actually do work. Down with the unions, there are better qualify people who needs a job but cant get in because of unions. This is why so many US companies are moving overseas to get away from the unions and groups trying to unionize.
Big unions are ran by Mob bosses and actually have hired "muscle" that go around and make sure that you are either in the union or you are out. Out being that you cannot work in the area or even travel through the area in some cases, or something might "happen" to you or your loved ones.
This really is how it works in many cases. It's sad that people actually try and defend this activity ...very sad.
unions dont even help the workers anymore, they just collect their union dues and the workers just sit around and do nothing and think they are entitled to more money and benefits without having to actually do work. Down with the unions, there are better qualify people who needs a job but cant get in because of unions. This is why so many US companies are moving overseas to get away from the unions and groups trying to unionize.
Your kidding me right? They are moving over seas because they can pay there employees a tenth of what they pay in the US. If your ok with being paid 1/10 (or possibly less) of your current paycheck then keep complaining. Look at foxconn and all of the problems they are having with their employees trying to kill themselves because they are treated as slave labor. This isn't the only company over there with problems or that use their tactics (which include things like housing the employees and making them work 50+ hours a week so that they barely make enough to pay for housing and food).
Whether you like unions or not, you should still thank them. It is because of them that companies that are non-union pay as well as they do, from fear of employees joining or forming a union to get even more.
Lol at the idiots blaming Unions.Go back to Fox News you retards.
Go back to your PMSNBC and John Stewart BS, libtard who loves job-killing union thuggery.
Lol at the idiots blaming Unions.Go back to Fox News you retards.
Go back to your PMSNBC and John Stewart BS, ya nappy headed lover of big union thuggery job killers!
Lol at the idiots blaming Unions.Go back to Fox News you retards.
Ah yes, spoken like a true mindless big union lover that supports job killing and thuggery. Go pound sand!