Verizon Employees Prepare to Strike Sunday
The company says no service impact is expected
In what is quickly becoming a war of words between both sides, Verizon Communications and Fios employees are on the verge of a strike—potentially as soon as Sunday. The company says it is seeking health care givebacks to account for the changing face of the telecommunications industry as more consumers go wireless. But union officials say Verizon has plenty of money and are only attacking middle class jobs. Verizon employees who work on the wire lines, represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have voted to allow union leaders to authorize a strike as soon as the current contract expires at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. A decision to call a strike would impact 45,000 Verizon workers…
happytobegone
6:52 pm on Saturday, August 6, 2011
I worked at Verizon and believe me, it's definitely not the greatest place to work. We worked HARD for those benefits and in the end, my sanity was not worth it which is why I'm no longer there. I stand with the union...the execs are getting rich! more ›