Verizon gets picket injunctions in 3 states, seeks more – Video evidence as man places young daughter in front of movig vehicle

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Thu Aug 11, 2011

* Obtains New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania injunctions

* Seeks New Jersey, Mass. injunctions

* Legal moves may foretell long strike-lawyer

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Verizon Communications (VZ.N) won court injunctions in three states to prevent strikers from blocking facilities and it was seeking similar legal protection in two more states on the fifth day of a strike involving almost half the workers in its wireline business.

Two unions representing 45,000 workers had called a strike Sunday after a labor contract expired and several weeks of talks for a new contract failed.

By Thursday afternoon Verizon said it had been granted injunctions in New York and Delaware as well as Pennsylvania after it accused picketers of illegally blocking garages and work entrances. It also went to court on Thursday to seek injunctions for Massachusetts and New Jersey.

The injunctions limit the number of people who can picket at each location and how close they can stand to building entrances to reduce the chances of them blocking managers from going into the buildings to cover for the strikers.
While both sides continue to hold talks, the strike turned into a nasty public fight almost immediately after it started.

Verizon complained about network sabotage and strikers blocking workers while the unions accused Verizon managers of injuring picketers with their work vehicles on day two.