http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/13/standing-workers-against-corporate-greed-bernie-joins-verizon-picket-line
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders took a break from campaigning to join striking workers on a picket line in New York City on Wednesday after Verizon employees launched what could be the largest work stoppage the country has seen in a generation.
As Sanders approached the podium outside a Manhattan Verizon office, the striking workers erupted in cheers and chants of "Bernie! Bernie!" before the Vermont senator launched into his speech.
"Thank you for your courage in standing up for justice against corporate greed," Sanders told the crowd. "Verizon is one of the largest most profitable corporations in this country. But they refuse to sit down and negotiate a fair contract."
"They want to take away the health benefits that you have earned," he said. "They want to outsource to decent paying jobs. They want to give their CEO $20 million a year in compensation."
"In other words," he continued, "this is just another major American corporation trying to destroy the lives of working Americans. Today you are standing up—not just for justice for Verizon workers—you are standing up for millions of Americans."
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