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UNI Post & Logistics holds solidarity protest for Verizon workers

Published: 8 September 2011
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The Post & Logistics unions gathering for their conference in Washington held the demonstration in support of

the 45,000 Verizon workers in the US who are in the process of bargaining a new collective agreement with management.



In August, the workers, who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), went out on strike to push the company to bargain in good faith.



Unionised Verizon workers are back at work as bargaining continues.


Some UNI P&L unions also have telecom membership and the unions gathered in Washington wanted to show their solidarity with the workers, who showed tremendous unity and strength standing up for the US middle class and for bargaining rights.



The Verizon strike, the biggest in the US in four years, was widely supported across the US as well as by the global trade union movement.



You can see photos from the demonstration here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uniglobalunion/sets/72157627496736585/show/