Philly BMC Local Supports Verizon Workers

Members of the Philly BMC Local 7048 showed support for striking Verizon workers on April 18.

Verizon workers went on strike on April 13.  The contract for 39,000 workers from Maine to Virginia expired in August, but months of effort to get the telecommunications giant to negotiate reasonably have failed.

• Verizon has already moved 5,000 jobs overseas and is pressing to send even more jobs to Mexico, the Philippines and elsewhere.
• The company raked in $39 billion in profits in the last three years and $1.8 billion each month so far this year, but is pushing to outsource work to low-wage contractors
• Verizon wants to relocate jobs on a moment’s notice – forcing technicians to leave their homes and families for months at a time and breaking up families.
• The telecommunications giant is demanding that retirees on a fixed income pay much more for health benefits.