anyone else's spouse on strike duty for Verizon?

[Anonymous]

how is everybody faring? this is our second go-around and it has gotten old VERY quickly.

[Anonymous]

Do you mean where managers/executives go to houses and do installations? I had no idea until recently that they did that; I find it oddly fascinating.

[Anonymous]

^yes, that is exactly what i mean. they are working 12-14 hours a day, 7 days a week. they are also manning 411 call centers and internal call/dispatch centers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^yes, that is exactly what i mean. they are working 12-14 hours a day, 7 days a week. they are also manning 411 call centers and internal call/dispatch centers.

see how easy it is to replace people who are on strike? I hope they say stay on strike and see ya....

unions need to go times have changed the only people benefitting from unions are the union managers.

[Anonymous]

I don't think OP finds this "easy."

[Anonymous]

A striking employee was complaining that they used "to have unlimited sick time now only have 10 days." They must live in some bubble, whining about 10 days.

My husband, not with Verizon, works with union employees and they are the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP finds this "easy."

haha, yep. but i know that PP meant. hopefully this doesn't last past April 30 (benefits run out on May 1). but that is the problem with strikes - they are unpredictable.

[Anonymous]

Why can't they just fire the striking employees and hire new ones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just fire the striking employees and hire new ones?

That's what I wondered too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't they just fire the striking employees and hire new ones?

i think that they CAN do that, but that is a last resort. maybe if the strike goes on for longer than a month or so, they may hire contractors and slowly rotate managers/executives back to their normal jobs. i don't know, the last few telecom strikes have not run more than 2-3 weeks.

the issue is that the wireline business is not a moneymaker, and these union workers' jobs are constantly dwindling through attrition. there are not nearly as many now and they will continue to lose their voice.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend whose husband is striking. He has a pension with them and they are threatening to cut it. You better believe he's fighting for that, that's his future financial security on the line.

OP, you now know what it's like for HER when a natural disaster strikes somewhere on the east coast. Her DH is often sent into the fray to get communications up and running again. They do not put him a nice cushy hotel room. He sleeps in his truck and works dawn to dusk. Yes he is paid for it, which is why he does it. But there is another side to this story and it's not because all the striking workers want "unlimited sick time".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose husband is striking. He has a pension with them and they are threatening to cut it. You better believe he's fighting for that, that's his future financial security on the line.

OP, you now know what it's like for HER when a natural disaster strikes somewhere on the east coast. Her DH is often sent into the fray to get communications up and running again. They do not put him a nice cushy hotel room. He sleeps in his truck and works dawn to dusk. Yes he is paid for it, which is why he does it. But there is another side to this story and it's not because all the striking workers want "unlimited sick time".

Thank you.

Some seriously out of touch people on this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose husband is striking. He has a pension with them and they are threatening to cut it. You better believe he's fighting for that, that's his future financial security on the line.

OP, you now know what it's like for HER when a natural disaster strikes somewhere on the east coast. Her DH is often sent into the fray to get communications up and running again. They do not put him a nice cushy hotel room. He sleeps in his truck and works dawn to dusk. Yes he is paid for it, which is why he does it. But there is another side to this story and it's not because all the striking workers want "unlimited sick time".

Thank you.

Some seriously out of touch people on this site.

OP here. where did i criticize the people on strike? where did i make any judgement about why the workers are on strike??!!

go reread my posts and point it out. i am allowed to find this situation, although temporary, difficult, especially given life circumstances that i did not share in my OP.

[Anonymous]

I think the lack of sympathy towards Verizon is because customers hate them so much too. Prices are outrageous compared to what other countries are paying for better internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose husband is striking. He has a pension with them and they are threatening to cut it. You better believe he's fighting for that, that's his future financial security on the line.

OP, you now know what it's like for HER when a natural disaster strikes somewhere on the east coast. Her DH is often sent into the fray to get communications up and running again. They do not put him a nice cushy hotel room. He sleeps in his truck and works dawn to dusk. Yes he is paid for it, which is why he does it. But there is another side to this story and it's not because all the striking workers want "unlimited sick time".

That's his choice to work in that job. I'm so confused as to why that's OP's problem, or why she needs to know what it's like.