Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

Its a fix when you try to shove concessions and lack of job security down the memberships throat and then try to spin it as the best we could do.

If that happens, the membership won't ratify.

Then you will be correct. There is no fix.

How many people know what happened at Seal Island a few months ago? This was a blatant attempt to derail a legal democratic process. A meeting between government and corporate interests.

It happens all the time. Dig a little deeper

IAM's endorsement:

http://www.goiam.org/index.php/imail/latest/13439-machinists-laud-allison-beck-as-white-house-choice-to-lead-fmcs

There is no fix

AFL-CIO President approves of Beck appointment:

http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/AFL-CIO-President-Trumka-Applauds-President-Obama-s-Nomination-of-Allison-Beck-as-Director-of-the-Federal-Mediation-and-Conciliation-Service

Seems to me that Corporate America and the Obama administration are on opposite sides of almost every issue, now the fix is in?

Dude, it says collusion between corporate America and the government.

The union leaders are just pawns.

What the heck are you talking about?

The federal mediator is appointed by the Obama administration. So the corporations, your union leaders and the government are all conspiring against the CWA?

Working people can shine a light on this rampant collusion between the federal government and corporate America.

How many government officials have to step down after being exposed before the middle class worker says no more?

It may be happening finally.

Lowell QAR QAR everyone.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George Cohen is resigning only days after learning he is a target of a congressional inquiry spurred by a Washington Examiner series.

The Examiner series reported that FMCS employees spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxuries and that top officials retaliated against employees who questioned the spending.

“I have notified President Obama that I intend to resign as Director, effective December 31, 2013,” Cohen told employees in a memo obtained by the Examiner.

“I am happy to report that I leave the agency in very good shape with the admiration and respect coming from private parties, federal government agencies, and public sector organizations and their respective union representatives.

“I also gave Scot and Allison special thanks for their untiring efforts and the superb quality of their performances,” he said, referring to his deputies.

Allison Beck-Chernikoff and her sister-in-law, Bonnie Chernikoff, who is Cohen’s administrative assistant, participated in no-bid contracting and spending on luxury items, emails reviewed by the Washington Examiner showed. Scot L. Beckenbaugh is another deputy of Cohen’s.

The unions are willing to sacrifice to keep what they earned in past negotiations.

The hope is to show other workers that they don't have to accept it either.

The argument that everyone else is accepting an increasingly corporate imposed weakening of their standard living just doesn't make sense to people anymore.

People who have been burned by corporate America are starting to wake up.

The Unions should expect the same level of job security that everyone else has... ZERO. That's life, deal with it or get another job. These are people that can't hack it in the real world.

Just like an uniformed union member to scream "communism" at any hint of people standing up for worker rights.

Try not to give into fear. Keeping labor strong in this situation is so important given that unions are on the verge of extinction.

Yea sorry the "Fix" is not in. This POS Islamo-Fascist Red diaper doper baby administration has single-hand broken more than I can recall.

See the original post. Alison Beck was appointed by Obama. His rise was only possible by strong support from corporate America, the same people trying to do the same with Hillary now.

This is truly a watershed moment and the government is very nervous about it in a year when we have seen unprecedented events in politics.

September 19, 2014

The announcement that Allison Beck has been nominated to be Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is welcome news. Allison Beck is superbly qualified to run FMCS, having served with distinction as FMCS’s Deputy Director over the past five years, after a long career as a respected labor lawyer. Her recent work at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she successfully brought labor and management together to reach a collective bargaining agreement and avoid a harmful lockout, is but the latest example of her skills and tenacity in achieving positive labor-management outcomes. It is also significant that Beck will be the first woman to hold the position of FMCS Director. We applaud the President and congratulate Beck on this important milestone.

The FMCS plays a crucially important role in building and promoting constructive labor-management relationships. We urge the Senate to move quickly on Beck’s nomination to this important post.

Management shouldn't get the last word this time.

Truth: Verizon is trying to bust the unions.

With the involvement of the federal government, the unions' members obviously have an opportunity to incite change and help bring back labor. This is an important moment and is worth sacrificing for.

This is a positive thing for everyone involved. Vz was fully prepared to move on without the Union and accept whatever collateral damage happened as a result. Many in Union were prepared to stay on strike until their jobs were gone, losing thousands a month depleting savings. Mediation at this level will ensure a fair deal for both sides. Doesn't have to be a big victory...just fair. Time to end it and get back to work.

That's why the mobilization has been so strong this time. Seems the memberships have learned a lot since the last labor dispute. Surprising to both sides apparently. Except for the minority who will give in to the company threats, most are willing to stay out for a favorable contract.

They don't have to, but they will. Their union masters will order them back to work during negotiations then wait long enough that most will ratify any recommended contract just to not go on strike twice in a year. Isn't that how it worked in 2012?

Mediation has to be agreed on by both parties. The company's offer for mediation before the strike was from VZ only and would have been suicide for labor. As this may be too. Remember, the union memberships have all the power, we don't have to ratify a contract full of concessions and no job security.

As predicted, the union would either accept the LBFO or mediation. So why did they go on strike in the first place when mediation was offered before the walkout?