think-progress:Verizon workers have been hitting the picket lines for two daysDespite a profit of $3
think-progress:Verizon workers have been hitting the picket lines for two daysDespite a profit of $39 billion in the last three years, Verizon is insisting on outsourcing more work to low-wage contractors, seeking to freeze worker pensions, and instituting policies that force employees to commute hours a day or spend months away from their families, according to a CWA press release.The workers, represented by the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), have been attempting to reach a contract with Verizon executives for 10 months. They also say that despite promising to bring FiOS, fiber-optic cable providing high-speed internet, phone and video service, to millions of customers, Verizon has actually been cutting the skilled staff needed to install it -- source link
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