Verizon workers seen likely to OK strike
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Though contract talks continue between management and union officials at Verizon Communications, workers appear likely to OK a strike vote this week ahead of the Aug. 2 expiration of the current contract, reports Crain’s New York Business in a Friday article.
Union workers at Verizon number some 65,000 workers, including 15,000 in the New York City area.
The unions representing the workers, Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, expect to have a tally of votes by week’s end, the report notes.
Given the sorry state of the economy, Verizon workers are standing firm in their demand for higher wages, job protections and fully paid health benefits.
It’s a strategy union officials believe will pan out. Pending regulatory approval, the Manhattan-based company plans to soon introduce its fiber-optic FiOS network in New York City’s five boroughs, a sizeable investment that Verizon wouldn’t want interrupted by a strike.
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