Verizon stores in Washington state vote to join union

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Employees at Verizon stores north of Seattle in Everett and Lynnwood won their union election on Friday, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York.

The near-unanimous victory represents the latest in a growing labor movement across the country that includes the unionization of Starbucks stores and the first Amazon warehouse union.

A group of workers and supporters watched the vote count streamed on Zoom by the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, in the parking lot by the Everett Verizon store, the Daily Herald reported.

The victory earns workers the right to bargain with Verizon over pay and working conditions. Austin Hitch, a Verizon employee and organizer in the union campaign, said employees want cost-of-living raises and more control of their schedules.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-everett-austin-a65b2a310ebba2f1662b92fb7be3f1bf

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[Deuxcents]

1. As a retired CWA member

I’m happy to know this. Maybe they’ll go with Communication Workers of America ✔️

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. They deserve representation.

[Mr.Bill]

3. You know there's a problem with their stores

when every time I go there, they have different employees. I have never in over ten years seen the same person working there twice.

[DENVERPOPS]

4. Maybe the people

are starting to realize they can exert power over Corporations, rather than the other way around for the past four decades....

[Sherman A1]

5. Excellent

[TexLaProgressive]

6. Another vote for CWA from a retired GTE/Verizon worker