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"Unions" - Utopian Progressive Ideals Versus the Realty of the Economy and Decades of Change - The Verizon Strike August 2012
Verizon’s Unionized Landline Division, has seen its share of down’s with the economy and the reality of progress, as more clients shift to wireless and drop landline services. This division is unionized with approximately 45,000 members; the unions, CWA (Communications Workers of America), and the Interational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers decided to call a strike over contract disputes, as Verizon met 75% of demands, and the contract expired. When calling a strike, the “professional” union managers, literally put the rank and file out of work with no financial resources. The fact that the decision to strike by these so-called “union bosses”, who are degreed professionals, paid by the union, not Verizon, at salaries that would make the rank and file blush, one has to ask what the motivation might be?
The rank and file are typical everyday neighbors, they go to work, and hope to make the best of it, and they literally have no choice in certain states, if one wants the job, one must join the union – period. The “union dues” go towards lawyers and professional labor’s salaries, for contract negotiations and rabble rousing in order to “protect” the rank and file. Therefore, as union workers hit the picket line, out of fear of repercussions from the “professionals”, they also lose income, they are not eligible for benefits such as unemployment, they cannot cross the picket line for fear for their lives, and they are stuck. These families are stuck in a time where the economy in the United States is not in the best of shape, as utopian Progressive Economic policy has repeatedly failed. With the prospect of being out-of-work for a prolonged period of time, without the ability to earn a paycheck, both the “professional” and the “rank and file” may grow desperate and try to force the company (management) to capitulate and grant every concession – they use sabotage.
From Massachustts to Maryland, Verizon strikers cut and sabotaged fiber optic cables meant to supply phone and internet service to both private homes and businesses (businesses such as hospitals, clinics, police and fire). These fiber optic cables are sometimes wildlife and now apparently by “distraught” union members.
In addition, workers who are on the ‘line’ are growing desperate, reports in New Jersey show a man who was willing to put his child in front of a Verizon truck, , and then took a video (which was summarily removed, after multiple reports surfaced).
How does this happen in an economy that is not in the best of shape? Do these Union Bosses have the rank and files best interest in mind, or is it more of their own best interest? After all, it is the blood, sweat and tears of that rank and file that pays for the salary and perks that these degreed professionals are accustomed. That is the question that each and every member who will eventually lose their job at Verizon must be asking now – Do they want to continue to be represented by individuals who don’t know when to ‘fold em’?
Where does one go to become a “professional” union thug? (Use of popular term) They enroll at the ”Verison to Begin Advertising $50,000 Rewards to Stop Vandalism”
Facebook threats from Verizon Union Strikes : See Screenshot
Facebook Page with Union Threats
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