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- 36,000 Verizon workers go on strike http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/verizon-strike/ 18 comments
- Labor Leaders Bring ‘Bernie Bus’ To Striking Verizon Workers http://politickernj.com/2016/05/labor-leaders-bring-bernie-bus-to-striking-verizon-workers/ 4 comments politics
- Verizon workers lose benefits during strike http://www.abc2news.com/business/verizon-workers-lose-benefits-during-strike 16 comments politics
- Verizon implies striking workers are sabotaging its network http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/28/11525314/verizon-strike-sabotage-network 20 comments business
- Sanders, Verizon CEO spar over striking workers http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/04/14/verizon-ceo-bernie-sanders-spar-over-strike/83021704/ 26 comments politics
- Sanders Joins 40,000 Workers Striking Against 'Greedy' Verizon http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/sanders-joins-40000-workers-striking-against-greedy-verizoz-20160413-0020.html 25 comments politics
- Can you hear them now? 40k Verizon workers go on strike https://www.rt.com/usa/339472-verizon-union-strike-bernie/ 42 comments politics
- 36,000 Verizon workers go on strike http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/verizon-strike/ 26 comments business
- 36,000 Verizon Workers Strike on East Coast After Deadline Passes http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/verizon-workers-strike.html 41 comments technology
- Verizon workers agree to end strike http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44213666/ns/business-us_business/ 3 comments politics
- Verizon Communications workers go on strike http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14435689 89 comments business
- 45,000 Verizon Workers Go on Strike Over Contract http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/08/07/us/ap-us-verizon-workers.html 6 comments reddit.com
- Verizon CEO slams Bernie Sanders for supporting striking workers http://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2016/04/13/verizon-ceo-slams-bernie-sanders-for-supporting-striking-workers/6061460573159/ 33 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton rakes in Verizon cash while Bernie Sanders supports company’s striking workers http://www.salon.com/2016/04/13/hillary_clinton_rakes_in_verizon_cash_while_bernie_sanders_supports_companys_striking_workers/ 2548 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders Shows Support as 40,000 Verizon Workers Go on Strike http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/nearly-40-000-verizon-workers-strike-wednesday-n555141?cid=sm_fb 573 comments politics
- Protesting 'Shameful' Greed, 40,000 Verizon Workers Set to Strike Wednesday http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/11/protesting-shameful-greed-40000-verizon-workers-set-strike-wednesday 26 comments politics
- Striking Verizon Workers Are an Example to Us All http://www.nationofchange.org/striking-verizon-workers-are-example-us-all-1313851601 6 comments reddit.com
- Hundreds of striking Verizon workers held a candlelight vigil outside their CEO's mansion, hoping to draw a stark contrast between the contract demands of blue-collar workers and the quality of life enjoyed by the company's execs http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110819/d9p6sj4g2.html 492 comments politics
- Verizon Strike: As Billions Roll In, Workers Walk Out. http://labornotes.org/2011/08/verizons-millions-roll-workers-walk-out 8 comments politics
- Verizon workers on strike, CNN money reports, as well as Verizon employee interviews http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/news/companies/verizon-workers-strike/ 16 comments economy
- Verizon workers strike over lost jobs and refusal to expand fiber: Non-union employees will take over customer service and network repairs. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/verizon-workers-strike-over-lost-jobs-and-refusal-to-expand-fiber/ 14 comments technology
- Forty Verizon Workers Fired for Strike Activity: Company claims 'code of conduct' violated; unions cry foul, as contract negotiations continue https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/09-9 50 comments politics
- The Obama administration, state and local police, and the courts are carrying out an increasingly aggressive intervention on behalf of the telecommunications company Verizon against 45,000 striking workers in the Northeast US http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/veri-a15.shtml 5 comments politics
- Verizon is trying to take my dads health benefits away and now 45k workers are on strike...meanwhile my mom was hoping to have my dads health care to help pay for her chemotherapy. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/d9ov92p02.htm 49 comments reddit.com
- Two unions representing 45,000 workers at Verizon Communications calling immediate strike due to lack of progress in contract negotiations https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/us/07verizon.html?_r=1 61 comments politics
- Children of Striking Verizon Workers Join Picket Line': Despite $1.5 billion in monthly profits and a record $39 billion in profits over the last three years, Verizon is trying to force concessions that would devastate families and kill good jobs," http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/21/our-families-children-striking-verizon-workers-join-picket-line 1529 comments technology
- Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon Communications has been distributing an app to its non-union employees that will allow them to document bad behavior by union workers in the event of a work stoppage. http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150723/workforce/verizon-strike-monitoring-app-tag15 99 comments technology
- “Bernie Sanders wants higher cable bills”: Fox News “reports” on Sanders joining striking Verizon union workers with nonsensical right-wing smears http://www.salon.com/2016/04/18/bernie_sanders_wants_higher_cable_bills_fox_news_reports_on_sanders_joining_striking_verizon_union_workers_with_nonsensical_right_wing_smears/ 19 comments politics
- Sanders takes stroll through Midtown a day before New York primary, pays another visit to striking Verizon workers http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sanders-strolls-midtown-day-n-y-primary-article-1.2605594 29 comments politics
- Verizon Strike: Tens Of Thousands Of Workers Walk Out : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/13/474052786/tens-of-thousands-of-verizon-workers-go-on-strike 20 comments politics
- Two striking Verizon workers could face 18 months in jail "They not only want to gut our contract but also our freedom of speech and assembly by the injunction to keep us from reaching other workers” http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/veri-a20.shtml 21 comments politics
- The striking Verizon workers all work in the landline business, which is declining. They're demanding that the nonunion wireless business subsidize them. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/the-incredible-shrinking-union/243761/ 5 comments business
- 45,000 workers at Verizon are on strike across the Northeast, from Massachusetts to Virginia, in one of the largest labor actions in years. Union members are taking a stand against a company that, despite huge profits, is demanding ever more concessions from workers. http://socialistworker.org/2011/08/08/picket-lines-up-at-verizon 702 comments politics
- On Wednesday, the Brooklyn-born Sanders announced the endorsement of Transport Workers Union Local 100, representing some 42,000 workers in the greater New York region. Earlier in the day, he visited a picket line of Communications Workers of America, on strike against Verizon. https://www.rt.com/usa/339496-sanders-union-endorsed-ny-primary/ 6 comments politics
- About 45,000 workers at US telecommunications giant Verizon Communications have gone on strike because Verizon "continued to strip away 50 years of collective bargaining gains for middle-class workers and their families". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14435689 25 comments reddit.com
- After Six-Week Strike, Verizon Workers Claim Major Victory as Deal Reached: "This proves that when we stand together we can raise up working families, improve our communities and protect the American middle class." http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/27/after-six-week-strike-verizon-workers-claim-major-victory-deal-reached 22 comments technology
- Verizon Strike Update: Union Workers Voicing More Demands; Demise Brewing For Tech Executives And Firm? http://www.itechpost.com/articles/18027/20160509/verizon-strike-update-union-workers-voicing-more-demands-demise-brewing.htm 5 comments politics
- Striking Verizon workers and their supporters are holding a day of protest today. There will be over 400 actions throughout the country as the work stoppage enters its fourth week. https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/4hzrpr/striking_verizon_workers_and_their_supporters_are/ 10 comments investing
- Tell Verizon: Stop Trying to Push Your Workers Out of the Middle Class - As 45,000 workers go out on strike, now would be a good time to remind Verizon that after they turn all their employees into serfs, no one will be able to afford FIOS and cell phones http://action.cwa-union.org/c/1153/p/dia/action/public/?action_key=2657 8 comments politics
- For customers, Verizon strike will mean longer waits, more headaches: "About 36,000 Verizon workers went on strike Wednesday [13 Apri 2016] amid contract disputes. That many workers walking off the job will likely hit customers soon." http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-strike-longer-waits-and-more-headaches-for-customers/ 9 comments technology