Verizon Workers Demand 'Fair' Contracts, Rally Across East Coast
Communications Workers of America members and East Coast supporters protested at dozens of Verizon Wireless stores Thursday, demanding fair labor contracts, said a CWA news release. The rallies were a day after the National Labor Relations Board authorized issuance of…
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a complaint against Verizon for violating federal labor laws when it fired a member "in an attempt to silence and terrify Brooklyn Verizon Wireless workers," the union said Thursday. CWA members working for Verizon have been without a new contract since August (see 1508030061). Since then, CWA has released radio and TV ads slamming Verizon (see 1508070029), asked state commissions to review what the union calls the company's lack of action on wireline upkeep (see 1511160039) and held rallies (see 1508130024). A Verizon spokesman Friday called the latest action another "agenda-driven attempt by the CWA" to divert attention from the "real" work that needs to be done at the bargaining table: "If the CWA truly wants to look out for its members, they should work with us on achieving a new contract that’s good for our employees, fair to our customers and puts the company on a path toward success.”