------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the June 13, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
NEW YORK CITY: PHONE WORKERS PROTEST LAYOFF THREAT Thousands of workers represented by District 1 of the Communications Workers union demonstrated outside the Verizon building on 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan May 29. The crowd was estimated at 5,000 to 8,000 workers. They demanded no layoffs and that Verizon, the regional telephone monopoly, respect the contract signed last year. Verizon bosses claim that 2,000 CWA workers are "surplus." The union's response is that these workers are only surplus if Verizon wants to stop giving its customers service. Slogans on many of the placards and T-shirts pointed out that if Verizon wants to cut costs, it could save $40 million by simply firing its two top executives. --by G. Dunkel - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
