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Verizon Union Workers Fight Layoffs
Warn of 'suicides, foreclosures and broken families'
Back during Verizon's second quarter earnings call, the company announced they'd be laying off 8,000 employees this year in order to generate some savings. There's a combination of reasons for the layoffs, including continuing losses of both landline and DSL customers, and Verizon's continued shift away from more rural markets. Union workers obviously are annoyed, and the Massachusetts IBEW telephone workers' unions this week took their complaints to lawmakers in Boston, with a dash of hyperbole in tow:
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"Despite being a very profitable corporation, Verizon announced it wants to cut 8,000 jobs nationally and as many as 500 jobs in Massachusetts," said Myles Calvey, Business Manager of Local 2222 and Chairman of the IBEW System Council T-6. "If Verizon is allowed to do this, it will lead to suicides, foreclosures and broken families. This is nothing but pure corporate greed."
As we noted last week, Verizon is also threatening the state with less investment in infrastructure if lawmakers go through with their plan to remove a century-old loophole that kept Verizon from paying property tax in the state. The entire debate over layoffs and political fisticuffs has some union workers confused about their future and the future of FiOS, if posts to our forums are any indication.

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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO

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markopoleo

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Huh what?

"If Verizon is allowed to do this, it will lead to suicides, foreclosures and broken families. This is nothing but pure corporate greed."

So unions are on a decline and they can't figure out why..morons

I love how they pull the "Company is doing good so please don't fire us" ploy. Like the two mean anything in business.

Harddrive
Proud American and Infidel since 1968.
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join:2000-09-20
Fort Worth, TX

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Harddrive

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Unions aren't the problem.

i love it how everytime the word 'union' is mentioned around here that Unions become the whipping boy. you'd think, by listening to uneducated folks around here, that Unions were the cause of all things bad.
The economy? The Unions' fault.
Electing Obama as President? The Unions' fault.
The continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? The Unions' fault.
Twitter suffering a DDoS attack last week? The Unions' fault.
GM, Ford, and Dodge not managing its production to meet customer demand? The Unions' fault.
Osama Bin-Laden not dead yet? The Unions' fault.
The Puregas Air Dryer monitoring system not working correctly? The Unions' fault.
Archivis subscribing to World of Warcraft again? The Unions' fault.
Karl Bode always siding with the consumer? The Unions' fault.
Sarah Palin possibly moving to Rhode Island? The Unions' fault.
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MrsFixItCT not changing her user name to MrFixItSC yet? The Unions' fault.
The local cop in Norwich CT that was using his cell phone without a hands free device yesterday? The Unions' fault.
Tina Fey doing an incredible job impersonating Sarah Palin? The Unions' fault.
The sudden death of Billy Mayes? The Unions' fault.
SLD getting his panties in a wad about WoW topics in the news ticker? The Unions' fault.
Whitesnake not being able to continue their tour with Judas Priest? The Unions' fault.
Flight recorders for Air France Flight 447 not being found? The Unions' fault.
Sharondippity being one of the top 5 'babes' on DSLR? The Unions' fault.
Me being laid-off last Sept and not finding a job until May? The Unions' fault.
Pulp Fiction being one of the best movies of the 90s? The Unions' fault.
The high cost of health care in this Country? The Unions' fault.
Omega taking a digger on his mountain bike a few days ago? The Unions' fault.
A realtor trying to make my co-worker by a house that has mold in the attic? The Unions' fault.

And the number one reason its the Unions' fault? Its the Unions' fault.

Time
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join:2003-07-05
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Time

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Corporate greed?

As opposed to union greed?

The unions have had this coming for a long time. There was a time when they were necessary, that is no longer the case. They do nothing but protect the lazy from being fired, and require that their corporations over pay employees.