Members of Local 1102 picketing the Verizon office in West Brighton, Staten Island.
(Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / Union Writer)STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- April 13, 2016. After ten months of negotiations with Verizon failed to produce a contract 40,000 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) went on strike this morning.
Leaders of Local 1102 picketing the Verizon office in West Brighton, Staten Island.
From left to right Andre Segarra, Sam Cocozza, Steve Lawton and Patrick Youngkin.
(Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / Union Writer)Members of Local 1102 picketing the Verizon office in West Brighton, Staten Island.
(Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / Union Writer)Police and Members of CWA Local 1102 gathering outside the Verizon office in West Brighton, Staten Island.
(Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / Union Writer)The Verizon yard in Rosebank, Staten Island. The work vans are normally on the road by this time - or parked in marked spots - rather than blocking the entrance.
(Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / Union Writer)Members of CWA Local 1102 picketing the Verizon office in West Brighton, Staten Island.
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