Thousands of CWA Members and Occupy Wall Street Marched Against Verizon Corporate Greed
Verizon workers are part of the 99%! Occupy Wall Street, other unions, and community groups joined CWA members to march from 140 West Street past Zuccotti Park (aka “Liberty Plaza”) to shine a spotlight on corporate greed at Verizon and Verizon Wireless. The march began with a huge informational picketing line at 140 West Street and ended with a rally near a Verizon Wireless dealer a block from the Stock Exchange.
The march was covered by media outlets, including Daily Kos, the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, Reuters and the technology site, CNET. Verizon’s top five executives took $258 million over four years. Verizon paid no federal income taxes in 2009 – 2010 and got a $1.3 billion tax refund. The company demands that workers give up 50 years of collective bargaining victories even as it made $22 billion in profits over 4 years.
Verizon is the face of corporate greed. Occupy Wall Street and CWA members are standing united to fight for the 99%!
See photos from the march here.
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