Telecoms workers strike against corporate greed
Around 40,000 workers employed by Verizon, one of America’s biggest telecommunications companies, are striking to win a decent contract. The strike began on Wednesday 13 April, when the company failed to settle a contract with the workers’ union, the Communication Workers of America (CWA). Verizon wants to cut workers’ pension and healthcare benefits. It also wants to continue a policy of outsourcing jobs to other countries; the CWA says Verizon has outsourced around 5,000 call centre and customer service jobs to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and the Philippines since the last contract...