Teamsters Fight for the 99 Percent

October 25, 2011: New York Teamsters joined union members at Verizon in a rally and march against Corporate Greed in New York City on Friday, Oct. 21.

In the last four years, Verizon made $19 billion in profits. But management is demanding across-the-board concessions, including steep cuts in workers' healthcare and pensions.

Sound familiar? UPS Teamsters took concessions when the company was making record profits. This year, UPS has already made $3 billion in profits.

Members of Local 814 were also at the rally. Sotheby’s, the auction house for the super-rich, has locked them out to try to replace good union jobs with throwaway temp jobs.

Local 804 member Kamal Kaalund carried a sign that says it all, “Teamsters at UPS. CWA members at Verizon. We are the 99%!”

Thousands of union members marched from a Verizon building past the Occupy Wall Street demonstration to a Verizon Wireless store downtown.

The Teamster delegation at the march and rally was organized by Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

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