Two Striking Verizon Workers Facing 18 Months Jail for Blocking Scab Truck
Submitted on August 20, 2011
By Tom Eley - 20 August 2011
Two striking Verizon workers, Susanna Short, 37, and Leabern Kennedy, 44, arrested on a picket line in the town of Norton, in southwest Virginia on August 8, could face up to 18 months in jail and a $3,500 fine, according to local press accounts. The women were arrested for allegedly blocking a vehicle of a strike-breaker from entering a Verizon parking lot.
