Verizon Strike Continues
1 min readCOUDERSPORT – Verizon workers continue for a third day today to strike, as negotiators for Verizon are reported to be meeting in New York.
At issue are workers’ pension plans and medical benefits, which Verizon wants to cut.
Representatives from Verizon contend the market is changing and the giant telecom must adapt to a new, wireless world, in order to remain competitive.
The industry says 27 percent of Americans no longer have landline phones – a significant decrease in the number of homes served by traditional wire lines in the past several years.
Also notable is that Verizon Wireless is not part of the strike; it is a separate company, 45 percent owned by Vodafone Group. Significantly, it is a nonunion operation.
How long the strike will last is yet to be determined. Verizon negotiators have held firm, stating the economic realities of today’s market do not justify previously negotiated pay and benefits.
On the other hand, union representatives argue they are simply defending what they already were given.
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