As you all know, Verizon doesn't think of the future. They dont think of the future when they don't offer a decent retirement standard of living to it's employees. The Union thinks about NOW and about the Future. Verizon thinks about NOW and how to fill the pockets of the big guys.
They think about now and how much they can get out of their workers with no thought of you in the end.
They are asking you to perform a job just for now, and in the end they will not give you what they give the workers when they come back.