CWA Begins 2-Day March to Occupy DC

(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