Adelphia Strikers to March on City Hall
By Multi Channel News Staff -- Multichannel News, 7/11/2003 7:16:00 AM
In their sixth week of a labor walkout, Adelphia Communications Corp. workers in Auburn, N.Y., will try to muster the support of the City Council next week when they stage a march from the cable yard to city hall.
In order to raise attention, the workers will walk July 17 to plead with city councilors to support their cause. The system is operating under an extension that expires this fall.
A total of 19 members of Teamsters Local 118 walked out in June in frustration over three-and-a-half years of inability to negotiate a contract. Adelphia ordered them back to work June 30. A few workers have crossed the picket line.
A call to local management for comment was answered by a recording noting that the Auburn number has been temporarily disconnected. Callers are referred to a regional call center, but a local manager did not respond.
According to local press accounts, general manager Bill Keiser is hiring replacements. Adelphia is using staff from Buffalo, N.Y., while management interviews replacement workers, strikers added.
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