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Vol. 79/No. 28 August 10, 2015
Verizon workers in 9 states
and D.C. authorize strike
Militant/Mike Shur
Several thousand members of the Communications Workers of America and
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and supporters
rallied in front of the Verizon corporate headquarters in New York July
25. At the rally the unions announced that their members in nine states
— Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia — as well as Washington, D.C.,
had voted 86 percent to authorize a strike. Their contract, covering
39,000 workers, expires Aug. 1. Verizon wants increased health care
contributions from the workers and concessions on pensions, union
officials said.
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