CWA, Verizon Workers Plan Rally, Reveal Strike Possibility
Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will join Verizon employees from the mid-Atlantic region to rally outside Verizon headquarters in New York City Saturday, a CWA news release said Thursday. The rally…
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is in response to ongoing contract negotiations (see 1507200062) between the carrier and the CWA and IBEW, which collectively represent about 39,000 Verizon employees. The contract is set to expire Aug. 1, and the CWA has begun voting to authorize a potential strike if negotiations aren't successful by the expiration date, the union said. CWA said that it plans to announce the results of the strike vote at the rally. "Verizon is an extremely profitable company," said Ed Mooney, CWA vice president-district 2-13, "yet this company is making outrageous demands for concessions from the workers who have made Verizon so successful." Rallies "are old news," a Verizon spokesman told us. "They've been held in the past and are only truly distractions. Verizon has presented the CWA and IBEW with a solid proposal that recognizes the changing communications landscape and offers a path towards success."