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45,000 Verizon Workers On Strike Over New Contract

Posted by timothy on from the your-call-is-very-important-to-us-please-hold dept.

Trouble with your landline? If you have Verizon, especially on the east coast, it might not be the best time to have it fixed; The Daily Mail reports that "Forty-five thousand Verizon workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., are on the picket line Sunday as labour contract talks fizzled. More than a fifth of the wireless giant's work force has gone on strike as contract negotiations for the wireline division broke down last night."

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  1. Verizon and their union learning from Congress? by PeterM+from+Berkeley · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seems like Congress has set a splendid example for the country!

    NEVER compromise, NEVER listen to reason, NEVER allow the rich to lose a dime for the benefit of the middle or lower class?

    --PeterM

  2. Re:Those disgusting proles! by Savantissimo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Christ, what an asshole.

    --
    "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" - Patrick Henry