Verizon is a despicable, union-busting, company. My brother-in-law is on strike. He looks like skin and bones after working mandatory 6-days a week, 12 hour shifts.
Whatever you do, support the strikers. Here’s a great article laying out in detail what’s at stake here:
The current ownership of the Verizon Communications Corporation is one of the most militantly anti-union groups in the country. Their CEO Lowell McAdam has been public about his intention to “kill the copper”, eliminating all the landline service within the Verizon network…
Verizon as a company is in fact two extremely segregated workforces, the unionized wire telecom services provider and the nonunion wireless provider. By eliminating the wireline business, including copper cable and FiOS fiber optic, the company would be able to justify a significant series of layoffs, diluting the union presence…
Verizon is a despicable, union-busting, company. My brother-in-law is on strike. He looks like skin and bones after working mandatory 6-days a week, 12 hour shifts.
Whatever you do, support the strikers. Here’s a great article laying out in detail what’s at stake here:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/15/the-verizon-standoff-and-the-future-of-labor-communication-and-privacy/
Some key excerpts:
Here’s how you can help:
http://standuptoverizon.com/
I also want to thank my presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, for standing strong with the Verizon workers, and to castigate his opponent, Hillary Clinton, for wrapping herself in Verizon cash. The distinction between the priorities of the two could not be clearer.