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Convention Puts Spotlight on Comcast Workers' Struggle
Comcast's long list of worker abuses got national attention during the Democratic Convention in Boston, as union members picketed company-sponsored events and a fired worker appeared on stage with AFL-CIO President John Sweenedy.
CWA members, with help from the Electrical Workers, handed out literature at a Comcast reception for the Massachusetts congressional delegation and at vendor sites, exposing the cable company's anti-worker practices.
A panel discussion for delegates on "Fighting Back for the Middle Class" featured struggling workers including Stephen White, fired by Comcast in March for union organizing. The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a complaint against Comcast in White's case, with a hearing set for Aug. 30.
White, of Maryland, stood with Sweeney as he spoke to delegates on the convention's last night. "When workers try to join together in unions to lift themselves up, too often they are harassed, intimidated and even fired by companies that ignore our laws and trample our American values," Sweeney said.
In other parts of the country, CWA and IBEW members leafleted at more than 150 locations in late July, talking with Comcast workers about the benefits of organizing and recent contract settlements.
Officers from nearly 100 locals joined a conference call with CWA President Morton Bahr and IBEW President Ed Hill to plan the mass leafleting and convention events and upcoming actions in the Comcast campaign.
"It is this kind of activity that will finally persuade Comcast management to see that we are not going away," Bahr said. "Comcast will have to decide whether it's in the media business or the union busting business."
CWA members, with help from the Electrical Workers, handed out literature at a Comcast reception for the Massachusetts congressional delegation and at vendor sites, exposing the cable company's anti-worker practices.
A panel discussion for delegates on "Fighting Back for the Middle Class" featured struggling workers including Stephen White, fired by Comcast in March for union organizing. The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a complaint against Comcast in White's case, with a hearing set for Aug. 30.
White, of Maryland, stood with Sweeney as he spoke to delegates on the convention's last night. "When workers try to join together in unions to lift themselves up, too often they are harassed, intimidated and even fired by companies that ignore our laws and trample our American values," Sweeney said.
In other parts of the country, CWA and IBEW members leafleted at more than 150 locations in late July, talking with Comcast workers about the benefits of organizing and recent contract settlements.
Officers from nearly 100 locals joined a conference call with CWA President Morton Bahr and IBEW President Ed Hill to plan the mass leafleting and convention events and upcoming actions in the Comcast campaign.
"It is this kind of activity that will finally persuade Comcast management to see that we are not going away," Bahr said. "Comcast will have to decide whether it's in the media business or the union busting business."