Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
I doubt this effete elite blue blood wimp will show up, but let's all stop by anyway. I have to admit a candlelight vigil is pretty lame, but what can you expect from AFL-CIO leadership. Here's the info from AFL-CIO
All of us need to stand together and stand strong ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
New Yorkers tax dollars should not go towards union busting or corrupt contracts!
Picket and Protest: August 17 @5pm.
Outside of the hearing at Murry Bergtraum High School.
Details below.
On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy will vote on whether to approve a $120 million ...
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Blistering hot weather and fiery class struggle ignited by the greed of the Verizon bosses – hey that’s summer like it ought to be. Whenever workers engage the rulers and corporate “elite†in a battle for their livelihood the sweet smell of solidarity rises in the air, and we can ...
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Check out Billy Bragg singing, There is Power in a Union
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddngGdsCf8[/youtube]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
High school students came out to 540 Broad Street in Newark. The Verizon strikers cheered when they walked up and joined their picket line. Working class unity will defeat the bosses' terror. Thanks to theses students who clearly understand what's at stake for all students and workers in this strike.
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
New York Working Families Party is circulating a letter for people to sign to support striking Verizon workers. Â To sign it click here.
Despite record profits, Verizon is demanding unprecedented concessions and giveback from its workers. So today, 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Here's a letter the wife of one of our union members posted on FaceBook.
Dear Friends,
My husband is one of the 45,000 unionized workers now ON STRIKE against VERIZON. VERIZON is trying to dump pensions, gut health care benefits, eliminate job security and basically undo about 30 years of collective bargaining ...
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
At this morning's Unity at Verizon conference call, IBEW Local 827 President Bill Huber said that company's plan is to "break the union."Â Â He said we have to fight the attacks on middle class jobs and that if we stick together, "We can and will prevail."
Myles Calvey IBEW Local 2222 ...
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Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Big shot CEO of Verizon, Lowell McAdam, sent the police and lackeys from Verizon security out to meet protesters from IBEW Local 827 when they dropped by to see him on Saturday morning. The Mendham cops, who are obviously trained well by the millionaires who inhabit the town, would only ...
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
The Verizon bosses are getting scared.  Union workers, on the other hand,  are getting ready to rumble. With only a few days left before the contract with IBEW and CWA union members expires, Verizon brought out the heavy artillery (at least by wealthy suburban standards) to “protect†its posh corporate ...
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