Eddie Blackburn

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Eddie Blackburn

Steward / Activist / Customer Support
IBEW 2323 / Verizon

14 year member of IBEW local 2323 also employed by Verizon Communications in the FIOS support team. Eddie is also a Progressive Democrat and rank & file union activist. 45,000 IBEW / CWA members went on strike against Verizon in Aug 2011 in one of the largest work stoppages held in the United States in the last decade. Eddie will be sharing his perspective of the strike and the concessions being sought during bargaining with Verizon.

Netroots Nation participation

Netroots Nation 2012
- Pushing Back: How Labor Groups are Fighting Concessions and Workplace Abuses in the Down Economy