Verizon, union trade abuse charges
Quick ReadVerizon claims its equipment was sabotaged. The Communications Workers of America says no such acts are condoned and that there have been 23 incidents of strikers being “hit or narrowly missed by vehicles driven by Verizon managers or nonunion contractors.“
Photo credit: AP | Verizon workers picket outside one of the company's central offices Monday in Philadelphia. Some 45,000 unionized employees struck Sunday, including about 2,700 on Long Island. (Aug. 8, 2011)
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Verizon released six photos Tuesday that it said showed sabotage to its equipment as a strike by unionized technicians and customer service representatives for its landline and FiOS services ground through its third day.
The Communications Workers of America, representing most of the strikers, said no such acts were condoned by it and said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that it had 23 reports...
