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<p>As you have heard, the IBEW and CWA are on strike against
Verizon, including Verizon Wireless. The unions will
picket all locations including the wireless stores and
will be calling for a boycott.
Though they approached
bargaining with the intention to reach a fair deal,
Verizon had a different agenda. The company began
bargaining by proposing a series of demands that would
shift the cost of healthcare, eliminate pensions, and
eliminate job security. The company has also made it clear
that they wish to transfer more work out of the bargaining
unit and most likely out of the country. For good
measure, Verizon has proposed slashing paid sick days and
removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Veteran's day as
paid holidays.
As bargaining approached it's final
hours, the company refused to have any real discussions
about these vital issues. Instead, they stalled until the
final minutes and simply reiterated their intention to
achieve more profits on the backs of the workers.
The
solidarity that has been on display in recent weeks is
truly humbling to the men and women who are in this
struggle. Now these folks are on strike and need to ask
for your continued support. Verizon is now ground-zero for
the war on workers. We intend to fight with great vigor
and a righteous anger against the greed that is crushing
our middle class. We will win, and we will stop this war
on workers right here at Verizon. It's our time and we
will Stand Up! We will Rise Up! And we will most certainly
Act UP! We ask you to join with us!
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<p>Jobs with Justice will be helping at FIOS sites, Wireless
Sites and their Headquarters. If you can, please stop by
185 Franklin Street in Boston today. If you can join a
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