Verizon is carrying out a huge expansion of its FiOS fiber-optic communications system, using a network of contractors and subcontractors to dig trenches and install cables.

Verizon’s subcontractors have repeatedly cheated low-wage laborers out of the money they earned digging the ditches.

Verizon may think that hiding behind layers of contractors to avoid responsibility is good for their bottom line, but the bottom line is...

Verizon’s Work = Verizon’s Responsibility

Verizon needs to make sure these workers get paid what they earned.