City Council support of the striking Verizon workers

How it started

Proposed by Councillors Toomey and Cheung — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · Apr 25, 2016)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions — no member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

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Original Order

It has come to the attention of the City Council that approximately 35,000 Verizon workers in the company’s landline and FIOS and Broadband divisions are currently on strike; and

Union representatives have indicated that the strike is in protest to the company’s decision to outsource 5,000 jobs outside of the United States, close call centers, and failure to sign a contract with the workers since August of 2015; and

Workers have also been required to travel far distances on short notice for long-term jobs which take workers away from their families for extended stretches; and

The Cambridge City Council is supportive of the rights of workers; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record in support of the striking Verizon workers.