39,000 Verizon Workers Could Hit The Picket Lines Wednesday - 04-13-16 Thirty-nine thousand IBEW and CWA Verizon workers could be on strike as early as 6 a.m. Wednesday if a labor contract agreement isn't reached by then. Verizon is playing hardball, refusing to budge on concessionary demands after ten months of talks. The unions plan informational pickets Wednesday. Read More... Sections Labor News