Verizon Workers Protest Outsourcing, Contract Stalemate

By: Rob Borkowski on December 14, 2015 in Business

About 70 Verizon workers, members of Local UBEW 2323, picketed the communications company’s retail location on Bald Hill Road sunday morning, protesting a contract stalemate since Aug. 1 they worry will open their jobs to overseas outsourcing.

About 25 demonstrators gathered at the Wendy's at 771 Warwick Ave., Warwick to call for a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers May 15.

Marchers Take “Fight for 15” to Warwick Wendy’s

By: Rob Borkowski on May 15, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, Business, News to You, Uncategorized

About 25 demonstrators chanted and marched through the drive-through at Wendy’s at 771 Warwick Ave. during lunch today, part of a multi-national campaign calling for higher wages and union organization for fast food workers.