Joe Bernick

Verizon threatens strikers with health care cutoff

August 18, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers this week will miss their first paycheck as result of the strike, now in its 11th day. Pension and disability benefits were suspended as the strike began.

St. Louis labor and community rallies to support Verizon strikers

August 16, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

CWA members, union supporters and community activists rallied outside of a St. Louis Verizon store.

Unions say Verizon taking its cue from Wisconsin’s governor

August 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Union leaders say Verizon management, taking its lead from right-wing GOP governors, is trying to kill public support for its striking workers by portraying them as an overpaid elite.

Beep, honk: Verizon picketers get noisy support in upstate NY

August 12, 2011 By Esther Moroze And Bill Davis

The sounds of support from passing drivers reached us before we got to the picket line in an industrial area of Syracuse on Thursday.

Verizon strike: It’s “high noon” for all workers

August 12, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

Many of the women and men had their children with them, some experiencing the fight for justice for the first time.