Hundreds of telephone and internet workers in the Valley went on strike on August 7. They work for Verizon Corporation. In 2010, Verizon's CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, was paid more than $18 million. The median Verizon worker made $33,190 last year. So Seidenberg made 547 times the median worker's pay. The workers are asking the public for support. Details are available at these web sites:
www.ibew.org
www.cwa-union.org
www.jwj.org
www.AmericanRightsAtWork.org
www.LaborNotes.org
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Published on August 07, 2011 04:31