Verizon delivered excellent news to its shareholders on Friday: Third-quarter earnings rose to $1.38 billion from $659 million a year earlier. A jump in subscribers — it signed on 882,000 new wireless customers for the quarter — and smartphone sales led to the doubling in profits. Another group looked on with interest as Verizon unveiled its earnings: its many disgruntled workers. Some 1,000 of them were expected to march on Friday in a sideshow to the Occupy Wall Street protest. However, the marchers reportedly numbered at least 2,000 when the event began.
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OWS Protesters Join Verizon Workers in March Against Corporate Greed
Posted by: Erika Morphy October 22, 2011 06:00 AMVerizon delivered excellent news to its shareholders on Friday: Third-quarter earnings rose to $1.38 billion from $659 million a year earlier. A jump in subscribers — it signed on 882,000 new wireless customers for the quarter — and smartphone sales led to the doubling in profits. Another group looked on with interest as Verizon unveiled its earnings: its many disgruntled workers. Some 1,000 of them were expected to march on Friday in a sideshow to the Occupy Wall Street protest. However, the marchers reportedly numbered at least 2,000 when the event began.