Verizon is a hugely profitable and greedy corporation that is intent on destroying the good jobs of the workers who make their profits possible—not because they “need” the savings, but because they believe they have the power to do so.
• $39 billion in profits over the last three years
• $18 billion in profits--$1.5 billion per month—in 2015, and $1.8 billion a month in the first quarter of 2016
• $233 million in compensation to top five executives last five years
• $13.5 billion in stock buybacks and dividends for shareholders in 2015 alone, and $38 billion in buybacks and dividends over the last five years.
• Up to $35 billion to speculate on the failing internet company, Yahoo—but no money to invest in building FiOS in underserved communiti