Verizon strikers continue to picket across the country as it enters its second month. Verizon workers continue to push and bring the heat against the company by taking on replacement workers.
The court was asked to step in after the National Labor Relations Board saw the current conditions of the replacement workers.
A federal judge is expected to issue a rule this week regarding barring Verizon strikers from picketing.
Verizon strikers are poised and ready to rain down on replacement workers that are currently being housed in hotels. Colleen Fleming, the NLRB attorney, said: "They are asking the hotel to kick out the replacement workers." The Boston Herald has it that an organized campaign of picketing is an unlawful conduct and is considered to be disruptive.
A representative said that the picketing was only meant to pressure replacement workers, not the motels and other business establishments. Other actions, including signs and letters to the motels, are aimed to discourage business with Verizon.
While union group leaders are busy tabling their concerns with Verizon executives upstairs, the union strikers have been busy targeting motels that are housing non-union replacement workers. This kind of disruption in operations is bad for the company's morale and stability. The strikers have been sending letters to motels and are allegedly blocking vehicles.
Now, according to the Daily Press, picket lines are slowly being shut down after reaching a potential agreement. Calling it "an agreement in principle." The agreement has not been finalized as all union leaders have to vote on it and finalize the agreement.
This is considered to be one of the largest strikes in United States history. Over 40,000 Verizon workers have called out the company's greed and lack of job security. Multiple political and state leaders have tried to calm the situation and even the Obama administration stepped in.
