At what point do the CWA & IBEW decide that they're not collecting enough dues at Verizon to justify the "fight" anymore? Brotherhood & Sisterhood my @ss! Pockets are being thoroughly lined with Benjamin's behind closed doors and those of us on the front lines are simply fu(ked! The only thing that can save our futures at Verizon would be a move to the Teamsters. The aforementioned unions no longer give a $hit about anyone with less than 20 years of service.
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It's sad that union supporters argue that wireless employees should unionize because union members make more than non union. AT&T wireless employees have been union for years and their total compensation is still less than non union wireless employees. The CWA had a chance to negotiate high "union wages" for newly unionized employees in Brooklyn. Read the union summary of the contract. No mention of a guaranteed wage increase because there is none. Employees will never recover the money they lost during the strike, but the union will collect dues. The union won, the employees lost. No free thinking non union wireless employee will see this as a good deal. The union experiment was a fail. The CWA should not expect other employees to follow. It should focus on serving it's existing members instead.
No rumors of RIF's. Things have calmed down and it's business as usual. Looking forward to peaceful remainder of 2016.
Who knows where Verizon will be in 2019 ? Who knows if the patient will live or die?62
Who the hell cares how many members will be left. Bunch of lazy assgood for nothings anyway.
The CWA hardly has their foot in the door of the Wireless segment of the business. There are maybe 100 or less wireless employees who are unionized, and they are all in one location...unless I missed something? Although I doubt i did, because if that were true, I'm sure we would have had a very quick, panicked meeting led by our managers to remind us "it's your choice, but remember, choosing the union is a bad choice".
Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of legitimate drawbacks to unions. It adds another layer of political bureaucracy to the workforce. The workplace becomes less flexible, and more split into an us (workers) and them (managers) mentality. That can hurt team cohesion. And overall, it can be a detriment to business.
On the other hand, it can also remind workers that their company isn't their friend, everybody deserves to be paid fairly for their work. Unions can be frustrating for workers, until a crisis happens and they suddenly become indispensable.
Organizing may not be the only solution to income inequality. But it's a big one, and it could move the economy in the right direction.
LOL my idiot jesters.
Reputable studies have shows union members make $200 more PER WEEK compensation for the same work as their non-union counterpart. $20 a week union dues is a small price to pay for that ROI.
You stupid morons make me laugh.
And now that CWA has its foot in the wireless door, membership can and will increase.
You wanna be scabs can stay green with envy, and we will continue to laugh in your poor pathetic faces.
Do you know that the teamsters union have been giving back in their contracts fot years even before our last contract in 2010..those teamsters have gotten les than we have .alot lesd
Once the EISP's are offered, there will be fewer and fewer members. The unions will become insignificant and wireline will be sold. That is the plan. Union leaders will be the first to jump for a buyout.....along with everyone else who can leave.