Verizon Business in Running for 'Grinch of the Year'

You're a mean one, Verizon Business. But are you the meanest?

CWA members can help decide by voting in Jobs with Justice's annual "Grinch of the Year" contest, which pits five of the meanest, greediest employers – as nominated by visitors to the JwJ website -- against each other.

The four other candidates are American Airlines, Burger King, the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers and pork slaughterhouse Smithfield. You can read the reasons why they're nominated, and cast your vote, at www.jwj.org.

As for Verizon Business, JwJ says in recent years parent company Verizon "has distinguished itself as one of the Grinchiest companies on earth." But JwJ says the behavior of Verizon Business is adding insult to injury with its refusal to honor its workers' right to form a union after a majority signed cards in favor. The company's nasty campaign has led to NLRB complaints for spying on workers and suppressing free speech, among other violations.