This would not seem to be a good economy in which to go on strike, but the Verizon workers who do landlines have had enough. The company, enjoying huge profits, wants to charge workers another $100 a month for health care, trim bargaining rights, cut paid holidays. Things are good at the top: in 2010 the CEO, Ivan G. Seidenberg, took home $17.9 million. Negotiators have been talking for months, and the union has now had enough. Progressives alarmed by what is being attempted in Wisconsin and Ohio state governments, can now see the same thinking applied in a private enterprise. Don't cross that picket line!
If you see some tired bedraggled CWA picketers, tell them how enthusiastically you support them and buy them a cup of coffee.
We will keep you updated throughout the fight.
Additional information can be found at:
www.cwa-union.org/verizon
Read about it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/in-verizon-strike-landlines-and-fios.html?_r=1&ref=labor
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