According to the Eagle Tribune, at least one of the two unions representing striking Verizon workers intend to persuade members to find jobs.
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“We all live in the community”, Kincade said.
Verizon said its ongoing tests of 5G network technology have been unaffected by the ongoing strike of roughly 40,000 of its unionized employees, who mainly work on the carrier’s wireline network.
The striking workers staff Verizon’s call centers, and fix the company’s copper land-lines.
At 8:07 a.m. Tuesday, a female contractor with Verizon was traveling northbound on I-95 in the area of Harvey Road in Wilmington when she was involved in a crash, said Master Cpl.
For its part the CWA says it is not encouraging any vandalism and points to potential issues surrounding strike replacement workers.
So, in order to get their message across, the striking workers have been mobilizing picket lines – literally – by following Verizon service trucks operated by the replacement workers to their service calls.
Lane called the work action a move against corporate greed.
Before deciding to strike, CWA and IBEW bargained together for 10 months, well past the August 1, 2015, expiration of their previous contracts.
“We’re even continuing to test 5G technology, so our customers can be confident that Verizon remains focused on providing a great wireless network experience, today and into the future”, Chuck Hamby, a Verizon spokesperson, wrote in response to questions from FierceWireless on the topic.
“Political leaders and residents of Waltham need to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the working men and women of Verizon”, city councilor John McLaughlin, who spearheaded the resolution, said. “Unfortunately, union leaders have their own agenda rooted in the past and are ignoring today’s digital realities”. The company’s wireless side is entirely nonunion except for 75 Verizon Wireless retail workers in Brooklyn, New York, and Everett, Massachusetts.
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