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Vol. 80/No. 16 April 25, 2016
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Verizon workers strike against concession demands
Militant/Maggie Trowe
NEW YORK — Nearly 40,000 members of the Communications Workers of
America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from
Massachusetts to Virginia struck telecommunications giant Verizon April
13. Unionists oppose the company's refusal to negotiate with Verizon
Wireless retail workers, who unionized in 2014, and concession demands
that include increased outsourcing, requiring technicians to work out of
town for weeks, raising retiree health care costs and cutting benefits
for workers hurt on the job. Above, workers rally at daybreak in midtown
Manhattan before deploying to picket sites.
— MAGGIE TROWE
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