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Cablevision employees protested in Brooklyn Saturday, complaining of low wages and slamming company CEO James Dolan.
Brooklyn Cablevision workers demanded fair wages Saturday, slamming owner James Dolan as a stingy, corporate fat cat hell-bent on intimidating their union.
“I can’t sometimes do the things I want to do … rent in New York City, car fare, groceries,” said worker Lawrence Henderson, 38.
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“After that, you don’t have enough for your family, or even enough for yourself!”
The advanced senior technician said he has been with the company for 11 years and makes $ 26.10 an hour — a wage he said makes it difficult to support his wife and three kids living in Canarsie.
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The approximately 200 workers, joined by the Rev. Al Sharpton and an assortment of politicians, said Dolan has waged “an anti-union campaign of fear and intimidation.”
In a statement, Cablevision countered that many Brooklyn employees wanted out of the union.
“The CWA is not being truthful and appears to be afraid to allow a vote of its own membership in Brooklyn,” the company said.
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