CWA Begins 2-Day March to Occupy DC
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)This morning at 7a members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will
set out on a two-day march from the Verizon store in the Chesapeake Complex in
Silver Spring, MD to Occupy DC at McPherson Square. Allies and supporters can
join in anywhere along the way, with the march staging actions and rallies along
the route that CWA says will “spotlight Verizon Communications’ corporate
greed.” The march is part of a CWA national week of action “to focus
attention on Verizon’s attempt to cut good jobs and workers’ benefits while
posting record profits and avoiding its fair share of federal taxes.” Various
local elected officials, union members and supporters are expected to join CWA
marchers along the way. When they reach McPherson Square on Thursday, the
marchers will join with AFT’s Washington Teachers Union (WTU) Local 6 – who
are holding a Rally for Education at McPherson Square at noon – as well as
SEIU, NNU and others – who will march with occupiers from McPherson Square to
the Key Bridge for an action at 4p. Click here to
check out the schedule of actions today and tomorrow. - photo of marchers leaving Silver Spring this morning by Jimmy
Tarlau