In the United States, under federal labor law, an employer may hire only temporary replacements during a lockout. In a strike, unless it is an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, an employer may legally hire permanent replacements. Also, in many U.S. states, employees who are locked out are eligible to receive unemployment benefits, but are not eligible for such benefits during a strike.
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Here's the real deal:
The NLRA prohibits the replacement of workers who strike to protest an unfair labor practice.
Workers who strike for economic gain may be permanently replaced by the employer, however, as long as the replacement workers do not receive better terms than those offered to the strikers.
Did the union file to strike under ULP (Unfair Labor Practice) rules? Anyone intelligent enough to know the answer to this?
I know that 7 Verizon wireless stores filed ULP charges. I don't think the rest of you did.
Copy and pasted that right out of wiki didn't ya.
Temporary contractors if what Verizon wants to have instead of the Union workers. There isn't a limit to how long they can keep hiring temporary workers.