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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Wife is the breadwinner in our family and is currently on strike.'They are on strike so their pensions  they have worked hard for don't get frozen and call centers in the US don't get closed. There are call centers in rural areas that provide jobs for people, these employed people keep rural towns going. Verizon wants to close these centers and outsource to other countries. 
This is worth fighting for.
She has no been paid for over a week now, meanwhile the person doing her job is getting $78 an hour, twice what she makes. [b]We also lose our family health insurance at the end of this month.[/b]

Sorry your spouse is working extra days/hours OP but my wife would love to be working.[/quote]

Verizon is PAYING your insurance THIS month while your wife is CHOOSING not to work.  They agreed to do that (very generously, I think), for one month of a strike.  Why *should* they pay your insurance while your wife is NOT DOING HER JOB any longer than that?

Also, I'm sure she is getting paid via the strike fund--isn't that the point of union dues?

Finally, let's point out that if she is getting paid half of $78/hr, that's still almost $40/hr, or [b]$83,000 per year[/b] (plus that FREE health insurance).  So it's not like we're talking about minimum wage workers facing awful safety conditions.  Cry me a river--and tell your union leadership she wants to get back to work.[/quote]

You are missing the point, It is not just her job she is striking over, Its the other people, she is standing in solidarity with them.[/quote]

:roll:

Really?  Doesn't matter that she's screwing customers, her bosses, and shareholders, right?[/quote]

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