Posted on 12/07/2011 9:23:33 AM PST by magellan
Verizon Communications Inc. has fired 40 employees involved in a contentious two-week labor strike over the summer for actions the company said ranged from acts of violence to making threats or racist comments.
The employees, including 10 in Massachusetts, received letters over the weekend saying they were terminated for violating the company’s code of conduct while picketing against cuts in their contract. The 45,000 unionized Verizon workers along the East Coast who went on strike in August agreed to return to work under the old contract while both sides negotiated a new bargaining agreement.
"We respect the rights of our employees to peacefully picket and protest during a strike. However, the actions of many individuals in the August 2011 strike violated our code of conduct and in some cases, violated the law," Verizon said in a statement to the Globe. "This has nothing to do with their rights to peacefully picket. It has everything to do with making threats of violence, engaging in physical violence, running people off the road, making outrageous profane or racist comments and more. Many of these activities were egregious and unacceptable and as a result, we’ve taken appropriate action."
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only 40?
CWA just keepin’ the ‘ass’ in “Mass”.
“Union goons.”
Goon-ions...........
Add a couple more zeros to that and you will approach the appropriate number of firings.
Probably the ones they have on video doing things so extreme that even the union won't publicly back them. I expect them to get full-time jobs in the union office for future "organizing" efforts.
Every time a union thug loses it’s job........ another angel gets its wings.
Who wants to bet that Barry’s NLRB will be sicced on Verizon?
Only 40 is a good start. However, Verizon ought to fire every last one of those that didn't show up for work and replace them with American needing jobs. Yeah, that and de-certify the union.
Only 40 is a good start. However, Verizon ought to fire every last one of those that didn't show up for work and replace them with American needing jobs. Yeah, that and de-certify the union.
The Union will not tolerate this. Expect them to be re-hired or another strike.
He said that while the strike did become heated, the union workers did not break the law. “The union is going to fight this through the court,” he said. “The company couldn’t prove to us that they did anything wrong.”
Well since Verizon only fired 40 goons, they have got to have video proof that these were guilty, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
If the union wants to pretend to defend these law breakers in court, these clowns will end up facing criminal charges.
The only people Verizon lays off are Americans. A bunch of my friends were recently laid off by Verizon. And as one of them said "Why are there only American names on the layoff lists?".
The Verizon IT department is Indian from top to bottom.
DO NOT USE VERIZON FOR ANYTHING!!!
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