USA : Striking Verizon workers rally for good jobs and fair contracts in NYC

f the true success of the Wisconsin protests came from the alliances that unions, activists and community leaders built, then the Verizon strikers may have a chance to repeat Madison’s symbolic victories and ripple effects. On Wednesday, August 17, near a Verizon Business center and City Hall, New York City Verizon workers spent their second week on strike joining forces with a coalition of education activists to protest a $120 million, two-year contract the Department of Education plans to make with Verizon.