Bring Bianca Back!

Bianca Cunningham headed the organizing campaign among Verizon Wireless store workers that ended up with workers at six Brooklyn stores joining Local 1109.

Verizon management unfairly fired her this week.

That's why more than 200 CWAers rallied outside Bianca's store in Brooklyn, in a heavy rainstorm, standing up for Bianca, said CWA Local 1109 President Tony Spina. "While we shouted 'Bring Bianca back' and 'CWA, CWA,' a delegation, including New York City advocate Letitia James, District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor, and other elected officials went into the store."

Here's what James told the store manager:

"We are really disappointed by Verizon. As elected officials we have some jurisdiction over your franchise contract, and so obviously we're going to use our powers and our respective jurisdictions to make sure Bianca gets her job back and all these people are protected."

Watch the video here.

On this week's Verizon town hall call, CWA President Chris Shelton told Bianca that, "you didn't only join the union, you joined a family. Everybody on this call is pissed off about what Verizon has done to you, and we're not going to let them get away with it."

Sign the petition to save Bianca's job and support a fair contract at Verizon Wireless.

Left: Bianca Cunningham and CWA District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor address activists outside the Verizon Wireless location where Bianca worked until she was unfairly fired.
Right: CWAers in Brooklyn stand up for Bianca.