Workers Strike Against Verizon’s War On Union Rights & Protections - 28:32
Workers Say Hell No To Verizon’s War On Union Rights &
Protections
with
Pete Sikora, Strike
Coordinator, CWA Region 1
Nearly 40,000
Verizon workers have hit the picket lines, in what would be one of the
largest strikes in the U.S. in recent years. The workers, members of the
Communication Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), are fighting aggressive attacks on their compensation, job security and more--carried out by a corporation that has made $39 billion in profits over the past three years, but won't be
satisfied until it breaks the power of their unions. Verizon is attacking
the workers medical, pensions, disability, overtime and is attempting to
rescind “Article 8”, which protects the workers’ right to show up to work in
the same place, every day, a reasonable distance from where they live.
Verizon’s proposed contract would also allow for closing more call centers
and transferring the workers up to 80
miles from their current job sites, as
well as opening the door to increased international outsourcing. And, while
there is already a two-tier system for job security the proposed contract
would eliminate job security no matter how long you’ve been with the
company. Verizon is seeking to transform the company to be more oriented to
Wireless and modeled more on the workplace culture of
Wireless, which is
overwhelmingly nonunion. But, the workers say you can’t break our backs and
assert the power of the union to protect against the bosses voracious drive
for profits and control.
Plus, a
special message from Bernie Sanders from the union picket line and
discussion on why CWA supports Sanders for President.
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