VIDEO: Verizon Employees Want Resolution to Strike
For more than a week now, 45,000 Verizon employees in the northeast have been on strike with no major developments in the talks.
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More than 4,500 Massachusetts employees of the cable/phone company Verizon are still on strike this week.
The strike began at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 and employees have picketed the two facilities in Marlborough ever since.
Employees having the lines ever since the strike, but said they were ready to return to work only a few days in. The Marlborough Police Department has been on hand to make sure protests and any confrontations remained civil.
One employee, Rod Ballard, spoke for the group, saying they were just trying to maintain the benefits they've had and in the process stand up for an eroding middle class.
"There is nothing else we can do," said Ballard. "We are out here just doing our part."
According to a Boston Globe report on Tuesday, the company is in court in several of the affected states asking for injunctions against the strike.
Besides the Hildreth location, employees have been on strike at the Locke Drive facility.
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Ricky
10:08 am on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
These employees need to understand that they are worth less than they were last year, and will be worth even less in the near future: they will have their jobs eliminated as they will no longer be needed: just like the buggy whip makers. Besides, I don't know anyone who gets double time, ever, lunch daily, or does not contribute to their health care. The Verizon employees are not competitive with other companies: it is not about a "race to the bottom", it is about who can do the most work for the least amount of money. If their 100 benefits are dropped, they still have better jobs than most in this country. I hope Verizon cuts their cable !
steve
1:46 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ricky...you just don't know the facts....you're cell phone works like your cordless house phone..its only wireless to the base or in this case ..the cell tower ..after that its on landlines...so for you to say we are not needed is ridiculous..we built wireless ...and without us there is no wireless...the company would lead you to believe that landline and wireless are separate ...but in fact they are not...the question is ..are you interested in the facts???