Marathon Pundit: CWA union asks Verizon customers to delay iPhone upgrades until they get a "fair" contract

Thursday, October 20, 2011

CWA union asks Verizon customers to delay iPhone upgrades until they get a "fair" contract

Here's a tactic that's sure to fail: Imagine telling kids to skip getting birthday presents over some labor issue that they likely care nothing about.

Aficionados of the iPhone are like children on their birthday when new versions come out.

The Communications Workers of America thinks they can counteract human nature.

From a CWA activists' email:

As bargaining continues, thousands of CWAers and allies are keeping up the pressure on Verizon and Verizon Wireless to bargain a fair contract.

Over the last week, hundreds of activists took the nationwide "iWon't" campaign to customers outside Verizon Wireless stories, urging them not to upgrade to Apple's new 4S phone until the company agrees to a fair contract.

Last week, Apple's flagship Stockton Street store in San Francisco was the place to be for CWAers, IBEW members and other allies who passed out leaflets asking customers to delay their upgrades.