by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Heading into its fourth week, the Verizon Wireless worker strike has become a pivotal point in the legacy of labor movements in the United States. On Friday, Verizon offered its “best and last offer” to union negotiators with the Communications Workers of America […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – They’re striking from Massachusetts to Virginia. The Verizon Wireless worker’s strike kicked off on April 13 and today, members of the workers’ union, CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 1126, marched in conjunction with IBEW along with several other unions and dozens […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – Striking workers from Verizon Wireless march in in front of the Verizon store on Seneca Turnpike on Thursday, April 28. Led by unions CWA (Communications Workers of America) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electronic Workers), they were joined by community […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage For the last three weeks, nearly 40,000 Verizon Wireless workers from Massachusetts to Virginia have been on strike due to unresolved disputes in their contracts. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Verizon strike, led by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) […]
