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Verizon spokesman Phil Santoro said the strike should not affect customers. The company prepared by training tens of thousands of other employees to conduct customer service, repairs, installation, and other jobs done by unionized employees.
The strike, said Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, is unusual at a time when unemployment is high, the economy is weak, and wages have not increased for the average US worker in more than a decade.
tbgree00 wrote: » The thing that amazes me most about this is that Verizon said that they couldn't work with the union because wireless service is on a steep decline. I'm not sure why they would say that with the huge amount of droid and iphones flying off the shelf.
Santoro said the company’s increase in second-quarter revenue was because of the success of its wireless division. Wireless customers climbed to 94.1 million last year, while the landline division, where the striking workers are employed, lost 8.2 percent of its customers, declining to 26 million. In 2000, Verizon had 63 million landline customers.
instant000 wrote: » What article did you read? The article talks about wireLINE business falling, and these are the wireLINE workers. And I know, "wireline" may be a bit odd to hear, when you instantly think "wireless" when you think of Verizon. Basically, the landline business is falling, and the wireless business is picking up. The affected workers are landline workers. (If the "line" and "less" caught you off guard, then understandable.)Verizon Communication Inc's wireline division on strike; landline operations could be affected | The Asbury Park Press | APP.comVerizon's Wireline Unions Go On Strike After Deadline Passes - FoxBusiness.com source: 45,000 Verizon workers walk off the job - The Boston Globe
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