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Members of CWA and Jobs for Justice held a banner outside the Verizon store on Market street in San Francisco on Friday as part of a rally to encourage customers to boycott the company due to executive pay raises and worker pay cuts. Photo by Andy Sweet<\/p><\/div>\n

By Sara Bloomberg<\/a> and Maggie Ortins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 22, 2012<\/p>\n

Can you hear me now?<\/p>\n

More than a dozen demonstrators gathered at a Verizon Wireless storefront on Market Street today as part of a national day of action protesting executive raises as worker health care costs go up and wages are cut.<\/p>\n

The day of action’s slogan is “Verizon is Verigreedy.”<\/p>\n

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Carl Hall (right) and a fellow CWA member demonstrator held signs outside the Verizon store on Market street in San Francisco on Friday. Photo by Andy Sweet<\/p><\/div>\n

The Communications Workers of America, which represents Verizon Communications workers, is currently in contract negotiations with Verizon Communications, a wing of the company that is separate from their wireless operation, and is demanding that Verizon continue to pay the full cost of their health care premiums, instead of giving executives raises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way to really achieve this goal is at the bargaining table,\u201d said Ray McConville, manager of media relations for Verizon Corporate. The rally won\u2019t impact the year-long negotiations, he said.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators handed out informational leaflets highlighting the corporation\u2019s recent profits, as well as a combined net salary of more than $349 million shared by five executives in 2011.<\/p>\n