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Verizon workers strike against concession demands

Militant/Maggie Trowe

NEW YORK — Nearly 40,000 members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from Massachusetts to Virginia struck telecommunications giant Verizon April 13. Unionists oppose the company's refusal to negotiate with Verizon Wireless retail workers, who unionized in 2014, and concession demands that include increased outsourcing, requiring technicians to work out of town for weeks, raising retiree health care costs and cutting benefits for workers hurt on the job. Above, workers rally at daybreak in midtown Manhattan before deploying to picket sites.

— MAGGIE TROWE