Unions picketing hotels in Verizon strike prompt court move

BOSTON – The National Labor Relations Board on Monday sought a temporary restraining order against several labor unions which it said are orchestrating a campaign to harass area hotels currently housing out-of-town Verizon strikebreakers. About 39,000 union workers walked off their Verizon jobs in mid-April after a series of failed contract negotiations with the local wireline telephone service provider. The workers handle landline, cable television and Internet access systems in nine Eastern s

BOSTON – The National Labor Relations Board on Monday sought a temporary restraining order against several labor unions which it said are orchestrating a campaign to harass area hotels currently housing out-of-town Verizon strikebreakers. About 39,000 union workers walked off their Verizon jobs in mid-April after a series of failed contract negotiations with the local wireline telephone service provider. The workers handle landline, cable television and Internet access systems in nine Eastern s…