Only six spaced strikers at one time can picket outside
the entrances to Verizon offices and they can't block company managers from
doing their jobs, according to an injunction signed Thursday in the Court of
Common Pleas in Philadelphia.
A union official said the injunction extends throughout
Pennsylvania. "We came to an agreement on how we will conduct the
picketing for the length of the strike," said Edward Mooney, CWA district
vice president in Philadelphia.
Verizon spokesman Richard Young said that the strikers
had been standing arm-in-arm. "We need to serve our customers and we can't
do that if our managers can't get to work." Verizon also obtained an
injunction in Delaware, Young said.
About 39,000 unionized Verizon workers went on strike
early Wednesday morning after months of failed negotiations to reach a new
contract. Strikers include those who are members of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The unions and the company have not come to
terms on job security and pension provisions in a new contract. There were no
talks Thursday, and none scheduled, the union and the company said.
Source: Philly.com
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