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A daylong "Stand Up for Ohio" festival on Saturday drew thousands of families to the fairgrounds in Columbus for music, speeches and bonding over shared goals to restore workers' rights and rebuild the state's middle class.

Tens of thousands of working Americans, other unions, students, civil rights, religious, and community groups have joined union members' fight to get Verizon to bargain in good faith. More than 150,000 people so far have signed CWA's online petition, urging Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to stop union-busting and negotiate fairly.

Verizon workers and supporters from throughout CWA can hear updates on the strike at tonight's "virtual union meeting." Leaders from CWA and IBEW, along with activists, will provide field reports and updates. Tune in at 7 p.m. to www.cwa-union.org/verizoncall.

With the clock on a fair contract for 43,000 Verizon East workers running out at midnight, Saturday Aug. 6, the company has refused to budge from retrogressive bargaining proposals that it knows would be soundly rejected by CWA and IBEW-represented workers.

More than 15,000 Verizon workers and allies turned downtown New York City streets into a sea of red shirts last Saturday to fight the company's effort to gut decades of bargained for gains in pensions, health care, sick leave, pay and more.