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STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

The general public may be aware that 39,000 unionized Verizon workers (out of a total of 178,000) have been out on strike for a few days—including many here in Boston. But the vast majority of onlookers don’t understand the stakes.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: CWA, GE, General Electric, IBEW, labor, Massachusetts, new england, Protest, Stand Up Verizon, strike, unions, Verizon, workers

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