‘Sea of Red’ as 40,000 Verizon Workers and Allies March Against Greed in New York
(COMMON DREAMS) Nadia Prupis, April 20, 2016 — Verizon workers were joined by city leaders in New York on Monday for the sixth continuous day of their labor strike, with a march that stretched from the Verizon building on West 36th Street to 42nd Street.
An estimated 40,000 workers, elected officials, and other allies marched through Manhattan in “a sea of red” as they called for Verizon executives to settle contract disputes that they say hold tens of thousands of livelihoods in the balance and expressed outrage over the company’s plans to outsource labor to the Philippines, Mexico, and other developing countries.