The East contracts are coming due August 1 and a lot of people can go on strike. The company will turn to us survivors to be scabs. Watch for your training invites coming in January! And if you're like me, you will say "no f in way" to leadership.
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Are you kidding? I can't wait for strike duty. I hope they walk for a very long time as I plump up my income..... happily.
There will not be a strike .The union and company already have it planned .They just have to make it look like they worked so hard to get the best contract that their presenting.Once they sell it to members it’s all done and over by September higher health costs with a minimal raise to counter
They won't need management. They have plenty of people to do the job between, Tillman/Eaton , Frontier accusation and starry. Not to mention wireless side. Union has zero cards.
Call me crazy but I like getting paid time and a half.
@a7 no employees have been fired for not crossing. BS. I have said no for 30 years. And management says no problem
"...And if you're like me, you will say "no f in way" to leadership."
Yeah, right. You'll be fired.
btw, "leadership" - hahahahaha
@a3 none union can't get fired for saying no. I guess you're talking about other union members crossing?
@a3 I really miss Lowell he was one CEO that thought everybody had a job that a dummy could do..... Meanwhile in reality he was the dummy that bought AOL and Yahoo and he got paid millions.... The irony
Strike duty where necessary was more than likely part of the contract you signed when you joined Verizon. During the last strike, a coworker got tapped to go on strike duty, he refused, and he was fired. While the current leadership doesn't exactly inspire confidence, make sure you make choices like turning down strike duty with full understanding and acceptance of the consequences, because if Lowell's leadership came down that hard, I doubt the current CEO would go any easier.
I got called names I hadn't even heard of the last time I did strike duty. I'm a big white guy but those poor small female engineers were brutalized by the strikers. Lots of crying and quitting in the garage every day. Also, if you do go, get "shaky leg" when you are doing climbing training, this way you avoid having to climb. I didn't and was the designated climber for ever call that needed it. Made a lot of money but not worth it.