You can't safely go back to work if you cross the picket line. If you quit and find another job, it will probably pay less. And that isn't saying much because it doesn't pay great - just barely enough. If we all quit fighting for our share of the pie, the fat cats will take even more. The middle class shrinks and more people fall into poverty. Maybe it's a hopeless cause but most of us are still alive and kicking. I bet Lowell didn't even bring coffee when he visited the picket line. It would be a bigger savings if Verizon outsourced the CEOs and VPs. Probably could replace the whole greedy bunch for less than 1 million.
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"I am looking for info also, this is out of control. NO info what so ever from the union, my local says nothing at all. I am going back to work"
If you really were a unionized employee, you would've received a letter from Verizon walking you through every step of the way.
Go to sleep, troll.
If I'm a scab...does that make the union a puss filled sore?
The easiest way is
Load round in chamber
Ensure safety is off
Align management member directly behind you
Visually inspect barrel by looking in the end
Continue to stare down barrel while pulling trigger.
Better dead than a scab
A good scab is not really worth the entire cost of the round. Hence why management should be aligned behind you.
It's still not worth the round but with as thick headed as management is you can't get a through and through. It would just go in and ricochet around.
Nice try troll. The company must be really hurting to turn to a lame website like this to get knowledgeable people to fix your f*^k up
And drunks
Why are union leaders obese fat slobs
Or maybe no cannolis no contract lololol what laughingstocks lollolololl
Scab. A union divisive term used to bully and intimidate. If you worked for Vz before the strike and go back or are mgmt you are not a scab. Everyone has to do right for themselves and their families and children. To anyone who would judge a coworker negatively on that is pretty sad. Solidarity bro and one day stronger doesn't pay the bills. For me: God first then family then way down the list is work and any work groups I belong to.
I can't wait till HBO makes the documetary on Mooney ........HBO presents.....no contract...no Twinkies.....based on Mooneys life
http://www.nrtw.org/en/press/2016/04/national-right-work-president-issues
National Right to Work President Issues Statement Offering Free Legal Aid to Verizon Workers Ordered to Strike by Union Bosses
Special Legal Notice informs workers that they have the right to remain on the job in spite of union boss ordered strikes
Springfield, VA (April 12, 2016) –The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued a special legal notice to the nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications Inc. workers who, according to reports, have been ordered by Communication Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union bosses to strike beginning April 13.
Mark Mix, President of the NRTW Foundation, issued the following statement:
"All too often union bosses initiate strikes to further their own power even if striking is not in the best interest of rank-and-file workers. Affected workers need to know that federal labor law is clear: any worker has the right to remain on the job during a strike if the business remains open. Further, all workers have the right to resign union membership and revoke their dues checkoff authorizations.
However, to protect their rights and prevent union officials from retaliating against them in the form of internal union discipline, workers must follow certain procedures. To help workers understand their workplace rights in a strike situation, the Foundation has posted a special notice for Verizon workers who have been ordered to strike.
Although workers have the right to continue working or return to work despite the union official-ordered strike, it is important that any worker who wishes to work during a strike resign his or her union membership before returning to work to avoid internal union discipline, including fines that have been as high as $50,000.
It is very important that affected workers understand their rights, and that they may turn to the Foundation for free legal aid if they encounter union boss resistance when trying to exercise those rights."
Also, workers who see or encounter violence on the picket lines should contact and report such incidents to the Foundation. Workers may contact the Foundation through its website www.NRTW.org or by calling the Foundation’s toll-free hotline: 1-800-336-3600. The Foundation’s special legal notice for Verizon workers may be found here.
This is what I sent 5 years ago and still applies
Insure you send this letter registered mail and return receipt to both your local and the international because these organizations are far beyond trustworthy as evidenced in my 35 years with this company,.
Date
Secretary-Treasurer
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
900 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20001
Secretary-Treasurer
Your Union's address here and then the international seperately
Dear Sirs:
Effective immediately, I resign from any membership obligation that I may have with CWA (or IBEW). I have learned that I am not required to be a member of any union as a condition of my employment, no matter what language is used in the collective bargaining agreement that governs my employment. NLRB v. General Motors Corp., 373 U.S. 734 (1963); Pattern Makers v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95 (1985); California Saw notice of the calculation of that amount, verified by an independent certified public accountant; and notice of the procedure that you have adopted to hold my fees in an interest-bearing escrow account and give me an opportunity to challenge your calculation and have it reviewed by an impartial decision maker.
Accordingly, I also hereby notify you that I wish to authorize only the deduction of representation fees from my wages. If I am required to sign a new deduction authorization form to make that change, please provide me with the necessary form.
Please reply promptly to my request. Any further collection or expenditure of dues or fees from me made without the procedural safeguards required by law will violate my rights under the National Labor Relations Act and/or U.S. Constitution.
Also, please send me audited financial disclosures which explain and justify the chargeable vs. non-chargeable allocations for each level of the CWA (or)IBEW hierarchy.
Finally, this is a continuing objection, unless and until I inform you otherwise.
Sincerely yours,
"Address of your work location here"
Verizon Corp
whats even worse is you put your Lives in union leaders hand dining in midtown Manhattan .......R YOU KIDDING ME ?????????????????????????? They played you they played you all ..............you got Nothing ............Nothing
You put your hopes in Bernie the commie that was perhaps the biggest mistake of ur pathetic lives and turned off the general public .......now go get ur shinebox
You union guys are striking when the economy is in downturn u guys are the worst dummies you thought that the commie Bernie would come to your rescue you guys are greedy ....sheep.....led by a drunk and a fat guy .....that would be Shelton and Mooney u embarrassed yourselves the game is over
Pleas tell me how the union is going to win this strike. We don't even know where they stand on most of the core issues. Right now, they are reviewing info they received last week. Come on, bargaining for over 10 months, the team should have some clue on most of the outstanding issues. I do my picket duty, but when I ask for update from the VP, the answer always is "there really isn't any". This is the reason I want to write this letter so badly.
Union members still with their pipe dreams. Sorry, but I tink the company is prepared for this to go through to the end of the year or beyond if necessary.
Gotta respect the decision. This thing shows zero signs of ending anytime soon. Just spoke to a VP from Basking Ridge who agreed that this will go on for a long time.
Who's the "Spineless Dick" the one that willfully walks out on a good job because you don't get everything you want. Or the people that put family first and rwalizes no job is perfect and goes back to work knowing it is a good job.....
No matter how the Union folks spin it....it is a gamble staying out or going back to work. No matter what the new contract will be worse than the old contract. The Union is gambling that the company will cave.....news flash they will ride this out and Wall Street is rooting for VZ.
Link to the thread with a copy of the letter:
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/Hm6rFgF
Thanks all I will post on this site how this all turns out. Life is filled with bumps and curves, it is how you steer thru them to get to the end of the road
Good luck - going back as a manager is probably your best bet. If you think your life is difficult now, try being a scab who crossed the line. It works out better for all involved anyway- that way when we come back, you don't get to take advantage of any of the things we win in the new contract and Verizon can give it to you daily in the rear and then discard you like a used condom when they are done. I'll ride this out, this is about doing the right thing and at least having a spine to take a stand against what we all know is wrong- the difference is what your spine is made of- mine is titanium, yours is jello.
Verizon sent a letter by fed ex detailing what to do. Somebody reposted the letter here yesterday. Good luck, whatever your choice is.
Just go to 1st level management dont go back to be a tech
They need people who know the job, if you have a bachelors u can move up
Thats my plan but i can hold out for one year
Thanks, writing my letter now. Hope to be back to work middle of next week, sorry fellow Union people but this is crazy. We are not getting any info at all. No sign of this strike ending anytime soon. I think the union has lost its way.
You need to write a letter to the union stating that you are resigning. You need proof of delivery. It needs to be delivered before you return to work to prevent any disciplinary action by the Union.
I am looking for info also, this is out of control. NO info what so ever from the union, my local says nothing at all. I am going back to work
How to be a spineless dick...