CWA: Verizon talks 'disappointingly slow'
The Communication Workers of America union, in a brief statement late Tuesday night, said negotiations with Verizon had recessed for the evening, and that the "pace of the negotiations is disappointedly slow." Talks were set to resume again this morning.
Meanwhile, Denver-based Qwest Communications still faces the expiration of union contracts affecting more than 21,000 workers on Aug. 16. Qwest and the CWA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had earlier expressed the desire to have a new contract worked out before the Democratic National Convention this month and the Republican National Convention next month, events taking place in the Qwest markets of Denver and Minneapolis, respectively. Stay tuned for further updates.
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By Anonymous | Posted 11:21pm | August 6, 2008
The union has already sold these guys out. The union wants access to the non-union workers of verizon. More union dues, more money for the union.If they were gonna walk, it would have happened by now. If anyone recalls the outcome of the last UAW strike, the workers got the shaft. The union got a ton of money to manage UAW healthcare. Can't blame GM when the union starts pleading poverty and cutting benefits. CWA has hundreds of millions of dollars, and verizon has billions. DO you think either is working for the little guy? I hope that I am wrong about this but..... The unions are not relevent anymore.Clock stoppage and working without a contract doesn't sound like a fierce lion.The union is using you like a little red shirted army of chess pieces. The current union guys will sell out the retirees and the new hires in a heartbeat.When it comes right down to it, its every man for himself. That is why socialism never really works.
By xoxo | Posted 11:07am | August 9, 2008
questions ?
1.do u know 1 full artical in the union contract?
2.are u aware that the union won back over 2,500 jobs?
facts!!!!!
verizon may have billions, but we have one the strongest unions in america.
scabs like u make our bargaining commitee jobs difficult.
& of course people like u that are malcontents that does'nt even know their weingarten rights should start reading now!!!