It seems some EWA Staff have found away out of this situation. It has been reported in many locations today that EWA staff employees have filed hardships, and injuries to leave there work location. This being a Monday it would seem that starting another week at this strike with no end in site was to much for some. And really who can blame them. What the company put on them was just unfair.
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@H6cQObV-xvx and your are doing a really crappy job of it:
HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — The Homestead Police Department is blaming the Verizon strike for a phone service outage they’ve been experiencing for about two weeks now.
Just over 3,000 people live in Homestead. It’s a borough that has its own police and fire departments; but for the past two weeks, the police department hasn’t had any phone service.
“We can’t talk to anybody,” said Homestead Police Department Chief Jeffrey Desimone. “Our phone lines have been down for over two weeks actually. Can’t seem to get any help.”
“I’m going to get the lawyers involved,” said Mayor Betty Esper. “We got a lawsuit if something happens in this borough, [because] you’re going to blame us for it [because] we can’t get a phone call.”
The service outage has not affected 911 calls because they go through Allegheny County. But if you call the local number for the police station, all you get is a busy signal.
If you’re in the police station and trying to dial out, you get kicked right off the line.
The department has been able to call in favors from nearby West Homestead for faxing and relaying information, but it’s not like having your own phone.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/04/25/homestead-police-blaming-verizon-strike-for-lengthy-phone-service-outage/
Myself and one other person are currently covering the workload of 6 union employees. I'm not just talking about locates and trouble tickets...grooms, CCR's, CPE, PM's...we're doing it all. Granted we are working 72 hours each but that still equates to 3.55 man units compared to 6. Unbelievable. Oh and for as much as y'all talk about your skills it seems you fail to put them to use and properly do your job. No labels on circuits, generator oil hasn't been changed since 2010, ETMS ticket dispatched 4 times prior to my working it and fixing on the first dispatch, trucks carrying around broken test sets...pathetic. Go join the Fight For 15. That's what you're worth.
Where has it been reported? LOL.
Some of you have WAY too much free time these days.
Company trolls do your bese, but the police departments are still without working phones. That is not the Union's fault. That is the company executives fault.
Nobody is quitting. Some are returning due to personal or medical reason after replacement is arranged most of cases.
You will see more returning soon and standby will be deployed.
So ..OP. whoever you are, no worries about EWAers. We are all good and ready. I hope you are.
Only people leaving are those with preapproved vacay/ life events, or new medical. They are shipping out new EWA every day and more on standby. In a week we will see several days off in a row, staggered in some manner or they will fly your family to see you.
We had a guy pull a muscle in his back on the first day. He was excused from ewa. Now that we are in week 3, we all get to start taking a day off. Plus there are a few with VP approved vacations.
@H6cQObV-pgi triple-play intalls are really all we learned. Instructors were great, but only a handful were retired telecom workers. All of the pole climbing instructors were recently retired military who had recently gone through the training themselves. They were good, but there was not enough time to allow you to make a mistake. In most cases the ladders were already up on the poles. We were not really ready when we finished training, and that was almost a year ago.
Don't believe everything you hear. Would you consider that some of the EWAs that are accountants are headed back to home base for a few days, for end of month financial close?
Yep. Putting these people in physical outdoor jobs that are customer facing is very unfair to them
They barely know which end of a screwdriver to hold let alone do a job that most have done for 15 to 30 years day in and day out
Beside being followed by the flying circus while trying to figure out how to get the ladder to go up and down is very stressful
Verizon leadership is so out of touch they don't realize the damage done. Or
Maybe they do now. I'm hearing reports of wow these guys really do work hard and are skilled at what they do. It's not so simple to send a replacement worker in to do the job
If this strike drags on there will be no way to sugar coat it the next quartley report. One month strike means 120,000 service orders not done
If the EWA people can barely do a repair wait until they have to do a triple play install!
@klc This poster is referencing the training camp we went to in Virginia. It was all that and more for sure.
@H6cQObV Too much karaoke night, and not enough time spent climbing and safetying on. Too much time eating and not enough time troubleshooting. Too much time shooting pool and networking and not enough time coverning the basic job.
The union's have the company by the balls and needs to keep squeezing and calling on OSHA to check out this insanity before someone else gets hurt out there.