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45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493436 08/07/11 12:08 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 83 South Jersey whynot Member
whynot Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 83 South Jersey	https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/us/07verizon.html This should be interesting...

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Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493437 08/07/11 02:43 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,304 Likes: 7 ROSEDALE hitechcomm Moderator-Avaya, Polycom
hitechcomm Moderator-Avaya, Polycom Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,304 Likes: 7 ROSEDALE	Union will have a tough time winnig much on this one. Cable companies are beating up Verizon with service. At least where I am in NY. www.iSimply1.com

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493438 08/07/11 03:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,056 Fayetteville, NC Lightning horse RIP Moderator-Mitel, Panasonic
Lightning horse RIP Moderator-Mitel, Panasonic Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,056 Fayetteville, NC	It sounds as if Verizon is trying to avoid having to dedicate ALL income to pensions in 10-15 years. Somewhat like the auto companies have already slammed up against. When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493439 08/07/11 06:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,178 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,178 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Our office is across the street from the old New England Telephone headquarters @ 185 Franklin St. in Boston. That building has supposedly been sold as Verizon has pretty much moved all 4E, 5E and DMS related work to NYC....although the company will remain on a few floors for switch/network gear and some administrative work. Every time there is a strike, we are able to look out of the office windows, see their workers march around the building, carrying picket signs and chanting/yelling their message(s). I suspect that will hold true tomorrow. I Love FEATURE 00

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493440 08/07/11 06:56 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,106 Tampa Bay, FL Kumba Member
Kumba Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,106 Tampa Bay, FL	Didn't they just have a strike 6-months ago? And if Verizon is in the red, good luck getting any of your demands.

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493441 08/07/11 07:40 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 143 Pennsylvania ajkula66 Member
ajkula66 Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 143 Pennsylvania	@Kumba: We haven't been on strike since 2000. Verizon is still making a lot of money where I work which is NYC. Honestly, if they get away with 10% of what they had put on the table, I don't need this job anymore. They know that the time is right and that Union will gain absolutely no support from the rest of the population... God helps us all. "...Time moves slowly and it goes so fast..." (Sandy Denny)

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493442 08/07/11 07:46 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 617 Likes: 1 Massachusetts RM SYSTEMS Member
RM SYSTEMS Member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 617 Likes: 1 Massachusetts	hitechcomm same here. Comcast has been kicking the crap out of Verizon in the sales and service departments up this way and it seems like they don't even want the landline business anymore.

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493443 08/07/11 12:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,178 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,178 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	There is renewed talk that Verizon wants to completely exit New England. If that were to happen, the only 2 companies that come to mind as possible buyers for the networks in Massachusetts and Rhode Island would be Fairpoint (now the RBOC in Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont) or at&t (the RBOC for most of Conneticut). I Love FEATURE 00

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493444 08/07/11 01:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 143 Pennsylvania ajkula66 Member
ajkula66 Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 143 Pennsylvania	For those who don't know or don't understand why we wear read on Thursdays... https://www.cwa2201.org/?zone=/unionactive/private_view_page.cfm&page=Why20We20Wear20Red "...Time moves slowly and it goes so fast..." (Sandy Denny)

Re: 45,000 Verizon employees on strike #493445 08/07/11 01:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,382 Likes: 13 Fayetteville, NC EV607797 Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
EV607797 Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,382 Likes: 13 Fayetteville, NC	Quote Originally posted by ajkula66: For those who don't know or don't understand why we wear read on Thursdays... I'm assuming that you meant to say "red" in your statement. Frankly, in today's economic environment, I'd be more happy to have a job. The last thing that I'd be doing is striking against the very hand that feeds me. I can assure you that finding a job is nearly non-existent in our industry. I'd be careful if I were you. We all need to eat and feed our families. What levels of profit that your employer makes (or doesn't make) isn't significant. Keeping your job IS. Backing your employer into a corner will net you with a net loss. I assure you of this. I'd be thankful to have a job if I were you. Take my comments for what they are worth. Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX