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Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility

Verizon employees who work at a facility on Jefferson street in Bushwick continued to picket Thursday after walking off the job Wednesday when the telecommunications company failed to meet a contract negotiation deadline with their union

By Emilie Ruscoe

April 14, 2016 · 2 min read

Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility
Verizon workers at the entrance to the Bushwick Facility parking lot on Central Ave Thursday morning. Photo by Kevin Hoopes for Bushwick Daily.
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Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility

Verizon employees who work at a facility on Jefferson street in Bushwick continued to picket Thursday after walking off the job Wednesday when the telecommunications company failed to meet a contract negotiation deadline with their union

· 2 min read
Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility

Verizon employees who work at a facility on Jefferson street in Bushwick continued to picket Thursday after walking off the job Wednesday when the telecommunications company failed to meet a contract negotiation deadline with their union.

The strike takes place after ten months of negotiations between Verizon, which has made record profits in…

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