The recent strike against Verizon by
45,000 members of IBEW and CWA unions on the east coast has been called
"the Wisconsin of the private sector". A clear stand against corporate
greed and union busting, the strike tapped into the anger that exists in
broader society today - against the super-rich who profit from their
attacks on us, and with ordinary workers. The strike also saw a revival
of militancy on the strike - continuous workplace pickets that included
non-union wireless stores that hit the corporate wallet hard and mobile
pickets that protested scab trucks, amongst other tactics. Now the
strike has been called off without a new contract - what does this mean
for workers at Verizon? What lessons can we draw about the growth of
the labor and working class movements?
Join the Boston branch of the International Socialist
Organization in a discussion on the lessons of the strike. We will also
begin a discussion on setting up our branch for the Fall.
Proposed agenda:
1) Lessons of the Verizon strike - 60 minutes
2) Lenin and the Revolutionary Party motivation - 10 minutes
3) Announcements - 5 minutes
2) Branch breakouts - 60 minutes
Haymarket People's Fund Building
7pm, Thursday, August 25
42 Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain
5 min walk from Green St T Stop on Orange Line
