Verizon workers are off the picket lines: What did they gain?

Last Friday telecommunications giant Verizon came to a tentative agreement with Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and after spending seven weeks on the picket lines, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers returned to work Wednesday. Assignment administrator Rhonda*, who works in the Duke Street office in Lancaster, said she was […]

Verizon workers talk about what it’s like to strike

While the afternoon sky threatened rain last Saturday, striking Verizon workers Kim* and Ryan stood outside their office on Duke Street in downtown Lancaster. Kim and Ryan, both consultants in the collections department who were hired in 2006, said they are scheduled to do this a few days a week and several Sundays a month […]

Lancaster Verizon workers nearing a month on strike discuss their grievances

For 31 days as of May 12, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers up and down the northeast corridor from Massachusetts to Virginia have been on strike. Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the strikers have been working without a contract since last August. They are striking not for […]

Fighting for $15 Minimum Wage!

Our Vision for Building the Movement for $15 Social and economic inequality in the US has reached historic proportions. The top 1% increased their income following capitalism’s Great Recession while the overwhelming majority of working people are still struggling or are even worse off than before. We demand social justice and a dignified life for […]