Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

MYTH – When you join a union you will be forced into a new “lifestyle” that invloves spending hours on picket lines and constantly fighting.

"MYTH – When you join a union you will be forced into a new “lifestyle” that invloves spending hours on picket lines and constantly fighting. You will also be forced to go on strike.

FACT – Joining a union will not force you to change your life style. Most of the time you will work like normal (although you will likely have more job security and better pay!) Having a union does give you the tools to make improvements at work. It is true that when we negotiate contracts we sometimes rally and picket. It is exactly for that reason that the CWA members in Verizon Wireline make much more money and receive better benefits than we do on the wireless side. No union can ever force anyone to strike."

So why does the union have picket lines in the Myth category when they confirm it in the Fact category?

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Post ID: @OP+Hr1eqbE

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Why is it that if 70% of Verizon is wireless and 30% is wireline .......wireless employees should have better pay and benefits than wireline........it was the union ........period......

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Post ID: @1hma+Hr1eqbE

Backstabber? I asked a simple question...how is that backstabbing?

..and yes, I am jealous. I wish I could get legacy payments for the work I did years ago at a rate far beyond the free market...

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Post ID: @1bkg+Hr1eqbE

I hope the wireless workers know part of the reason we went on strike was for then, hopefully the 100 that are union get a contract too, maybe we can get a foot in the door.

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Post ID: @fza+Hr1eqbE

@Hr1eqbE-ykj, you are just jealous aren't you? Just admit it. You are a lone soul in a sea of backstabers and a disposable hero soon by your beloved executives....

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Post ID: @cev+Hr1eqbE

OP, are you special?

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