Workers expose Verizon’s corporate greed [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5224

By Michael Moore
4 May 2012

ROSEVILLE - In public actions across the Twin Cities Thursday, union workers asked consumers to stop buying Verizon Wireless products until the company starts dealing fairly with its workers.

Members of the Communications Workers of America distributed leaflets outside the Verizon Store in Roseville and on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, rebranding the company “VeriGreedy” for its treatment of 45,000 union employees who have been working without a contract since August 2011.


Londo, Colt Grotto and Bruce Larson picket outside Verizon in Roseville.

Photo by Michael Moore


To enhance their message, workers brought in a mobile-billboard truck, which circled the Verizon Store. The billboard read, “Corporate Greed: Is there an app for that? Tell Verizon Wireless to stop slamming workers who want a fair contract.”

The actions were timed to coincide with the company’s annual shareholder meeting, which drew hundreds of protesters to Huntsville, Ala.

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