OWS Protesters Join Verizon Workers in March Against Corporate Greed

[boston bean]

Verizon enjoyed a healthy third-quarter, with profits almost doubling, but too many of those profits are lining the pockets of its top executives and too few are trickling down to workers, say the labor unions representing them. Thousands of the company's workers marched against Verizon's "corporate greed" on Friday, circling Zuccotti Park, the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Verizon delivered excellent news to its shareholders on Friday: Third-quarter earnings rose to US$1.38 billion from $659 million a year earlier. A jump in subscribers -- it signed on 882,000 new wireless customers for the quarter -- and smartphone sales led to the doubling in profits.

Another group looked on with interest as Verizon unveiled its earnings: its many disgruntled workers.

Some 1,000 of them were expected to march on Friday in a sideshow to the Occupy Wall Street protest. By the time it began, however, the number of marchers was an estimated 2,000, according to Bob Master, a political director for the Communications Workers of America. Master participated in the event, which was organized by the CWA.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73570.html

[mdmc]

1. r

[abelenkpe]

2. K&R

Good! I was going to switch to Verizon but won't now....

[boston bean]

3. you must have read the entire article, where Verizon was saying

that OWS won't help the union. HA!

[flamingdem]

5. +1 ha!

[TBF]

4. K&R nt

[socialist_n_TN]

6. This is what is needed. A REAL solidarity coalition

between the OWS movement and the working class. Workers are the only ones with the power to ACTUALLY effect the exploiters and OWS has some moral authority. This type of joining would be impossible to stop. IF they have the courage to take the necessary steps.

[boston bean]

7. I agree. Obviously OWS supports Unions.

Unions need to give more to this movement. I know they have some, but with their backing, this is unstoppable.

[socialist_n_TN]

8. Yep. The unions need to go from resolutions to actions

nm