VZB Techs Tell It Like It Is to Congress

Yesterday, NYC VZB tech John Linder and Mass tech David Rogol went down to D.C. to offer testimony to members of Congress and the press on Verizon's union-busting. John Linder spoke eloquently at the hearing about how Verizon is not respecting the majority of its techs who want to join a union.

Watch video of to John's powerful testimony about Verizon's anti-worker behavior.

Yesterday's congressional forum on collective bargaining was the first of its kind. It was led by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). Other members of Congress who attended included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Reps. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), Phillip Hare (D-Ill.) and John Sarbanes (D-Md.).

John said it best at the forum: "I have served several tours of duty in both Afghanistan and Iraq. My country called me to serve, telling me I had to fight to protect freedom here in the United States. Imagine the irony of returning home and finding that my freedom to join a union is being denied."

Published on December 12, 2007