Striking Frontier Communications workers are continuing to picket this week, despite being slapped with a temporary restraining order last week as the company requested an injunction — something CWA member Kyla Clark called “a major scare tactic.”
“We are strong, we are united, and we are committed to the fight for good jobs and quality service in West Virginia,” said CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney. The strike is now in its third week, with “tremendous support” from residents and business owners across West Virginia and as far away as Frontier headquarters in Connecticut, Mooney added. On today’s labor calendar, the Frontier Communications strike picket runs from 6am to 12pm at 22001 Loudoun County Parkway in Ashburn, Virginia. Complete details, as always, on our website, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1857, women’s rights advocate and labor activist Alice Henry was born in Melbourne, Australia. She came to the U.S. in 1905 and worked for twenty years for the National Women’s Trade Union League of America in Chicago, lecturing, organizing, directing the education department, writing two books on women in the labor movement, and editing the League’s official journal. Today’s labor quote is by Alice Henry, who said: “If you give suffrage to men and not women you are putting women on a relatively lower plane. Society will go backward if women don't get to vote." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!
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