Local 509 Members Support Verizon Workers

While the public contract campaign between workers at Verizon and their company may have eased, our union brothers and sisters there are still fighting for respect, dignity, and a fair contract.

The company’s campaign of intimidation has continued relentlessly since the strike ended. Recently, the company retaliated against workplace leaders by firing 10 Massachusetts workers for “strike related activity.”

This greed and intimidation cannot stand.

On Saturday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, community delegations delivered letters (Letter of Support) to Verizon stores asking them to bargain fairly and respect their workers. Local 509 members Jen Rosenlund (Walnut Street Center) and Elaine Mathews (Eliot CHS), along with Field Rep Jon Grossman, went to the Verizon store on Route 16 in Everett to voice their concern to the company.

To keep up with the fight for a fair contract at Verizon and find out what you can do to support our union sisters and brothers there, visit Jobs With Justice’s page for the campaign.