Mr_Rockhead
Slouching toward Medicare
There are actually two Verizons and only one of them is on strike.
Verizon Wireless is non-union and quite profitable but the older, unionized part of Verizon (its land-line business) is in the crapper and rapidly going the way of the buggy whip.
Land Lines are (by far) the most expensive type of phone service to maintain and Verizon has been selling them off for years. Indeed, here in the northeast, they sold their entire land-line operation in all of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
So the strikers are in a tough spot because the company is dead serious about divesting itself of that part of the business. And their work is disappearing via attrition anyway.
Also, I have seen the list of concessions Verizon wants and it is extensive. Even some of my retiree benefits are at risk. So my heart is with the strikers but I sure dont envy them.
Verizon Wireless is non-union and quite profitable but the older, unionized part of Verizon (its land-line business) is in the crapper and rapidly going the way of the buggy whip.
Land Lines are (by far) the most expensive type of phone service to maintain and Verizon has been selling them off for years. Indeed, here in the northeast, they sold their entire land-line operation in all of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
So the strikers are in a tough spot because the company is dead serious about divesting itself of that part of the business. And their work is disappearing via attrition anyway.
Also, I have seen the list of concessions Verizon wants and it is extensive. Even some of my retiree benefits are at risk. So my heart is with the strikers but I sure dont envy them.