If we’d been unionized, Verizon could not just blindsided 15,000 of us overnight. A union contract legally forces the company to negotiate the layoff process first, things like timelines, criteria, alternatives, notice periods, and protections. They can’t just drop the axe and walk away. It becomes a fight, not a surprise.
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@a4, I guess as you can see now, nothing could be further from the truth. Good Luck to the rest of you.
@a4 i have a lot of teacher friends who are union. And time and again I see the positive more than negative come from it. Especially when removing jobs.
Currently Union Verizon employees aren’t being let go. We are currently collapsing as a company now, hence them where we are. We deserve a stronger voice
Behind nearly every collapsed industry is a union. The only union I can think of that's worthwhile these days are police unions that provide attorneys for all the legal BS cops have to endure. for the most part, unions have outlived their usefulness. Most of them are greedy political machines now.
Network Engineers had the opportunity about 9 years ago and voted it down.