The Union is in no hurry to end this without the deal they want now, and the company knows this, The company is now trying to get out of these negotiations with there shirts still on. Something has changed, and what has changed, is the company's Work Stoppage Plans have been an absolute bust. Everyone knows this from management, to the Union leaders, to the executives. Even Wall Street this week has been made aware of it.
The Union leaders know now, that the leverage is on their side, with unemployment kicking in, and combined with the relief fund, the members can survive for months even longer, But the company knows it can not survive another week with the replacement work force. The news of poor productivity, No installations No new customers, and loosing of the existing ones in the thousands, has hit Wall Street.
Combine all that with the bad publicity of the the replacement work force, the overwhelming support of the striking workers by the public. The support of nearly all the politicians in America. The campaign of the Unions to shed light on the level of Verizon's corporate Greed, Outsourcing, and sending American jobs abroad, while profiting Billions, and the insane executive pay, with bonuses on top Then shameless audacity of demanding concessions from their workforce . All has made Verizon the Villain.
Lowell McAdam, and the Verizon Leadership, has miscalculated this Strike, They miscalculated the resolve of not just Verizon's Union workforce, but of the American People. It has been a complete, and utter disaster on all fronts for Verizon. The Union see's this. Verizon Leadership has handed the Union the Victory with it own incompetence. It's only a matter of time at this point. It may take some time, but the Union now has that Time.