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August 16, 2011
UPDATED Verizon Picketing Locations and Candlelight Vigil at Verizon CEO’s House
All of Us Need to Stand Together and Stand Strong with IBEW and CWA
The Verizon strike is a critical moment for organized labor in our country. The livelihoods of 45,000 middle class families are under attack. We cannot sit idly by as other companies follow suit.
Verizon is trying very hard to tip the balance of workplace power away from employees and into the hands of management. This will only be the tip of the iceberg if Verizon succeeds in enacting its radical demands.
Here is what you can do:
1. We call on all union members to assemble their friends and family to join any of the pickets listed HERE.
2. We also urge everyone to join together for a candlelight vigil at Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam’s house this Thursday, August 18th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 15 Balbrook Drive, Mendham, New Jersey. Buses are available from Trenton, Hamilton, Paramus, Newark, and other locations. Please call Seth Hahn (609) 278-6588 if you need bus info. There is very limited parking so if you drive, carpool, park at the Mendham Kings and email shahn@cwa-union.org about the shuttle bus.
This strike is an example of corporate America using an unstable economy to squeeze their workers for more concessions while the company itself posts billions in profits and continues to inflate the salaries for its chief executives.
We are organized labor and we are one. An attack on one is an attack on all. Verizon has brought the fight to working people and we must stand up for what is right.