Verizon Subcontractors Demand Pay
Monday, June 23, 2008
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Workers will rally outside Verizon
headquarters in DC Tuesday at noon to demand
that Verizon take responsibility for the unpaid
wages of subcontracted workers. 
The workers are employees
of subcontractors hired by Verizon to dig
trenches for new fiber optics cable. Workers
have asked Verizon to intervene on their
behalf, but the company "has denied
responsibility for the nonpayment of dozens of
workers," says CASA de
Maryland. The rally is being organized by
CASA de Maryland, the Washington Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs,
and the Virginia Legal Aid Justice Center. For
more info, contact CASA de Maryland,
301-431-4185 ext. 238, legal-intern4@casamd.org.
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