Striking Verizon Employees Heading Back To Work

August 20, 2011 2:49 PM

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NEW YORK (KDKA) – Verizon workers will return to their positions Monday night despite not having a new collective bargaining agreement in place yet.

According to a press release from Verizon, some 45,000 union workers will return to work under the contract guidelines that expired on Aug. 6.

The two sides have reportedly made headway in discussions for a new deal.

“We agreed to end the strike because we believe that is in the best interest of our customers and our employees. We remain committed to our objectives, and we look forward to negotiating the important issues that are integral to the future health of Verizon’s wireline business,” Marc Reed, Verizon’s executive vice president of human resources said in a statement.

The contract which expired on Aug. 6, will be extended with “no specific deadline” while the two sides work toward a new agreement.

Verizon is also working toward fixing the backlog of repairs and requests for service that have piled up during the strike.

The union workers are members of the CWA and IBEW.

Striking Verizon Employees Heading Back To Work

cathy

DO YOU NEED US NOW? ya Verizon, our jobs are not needed, that is why you are sooo backed up. YOU locked us out, and found out YOU DO NEED US…..
Dave

Typical union media attention grabbing only to do nothing at all. What a bunch of garbage this whole thing was. They made it sound like the end of the world only a couple weeks ago and now their workers are going back to their jobs and a deal is nearly done.
myspaceyourface

The Union mentality is KILLING America. . .

Charlie Sheen

Unions already have killed America.

Babe

You lost 2 weeks pay and if it wans’t on the news everyday no one would have noticed
ok

American Workers Rights, to fight for their wages and benefits YES YES YES.
Large Government NO NO NO.
Do you want Government telling you what to do, I didn’t think so that’s Communism ,
and so is taking away The American Workers rights to fight for their Lively hood.

Zoeyzotron

then why do UNIONS ALWAYS VOTE FOR LARGE GOVERNMENT (DEMOCRATS)?????

ok

Because of people like you Zoenuts, you’re against large government and them telling you what to do, I agree.
I also agree with one’s decision if they want to be in a Union or not , you should read your own comments you sure like to restrict what other people do or believe with your comments.
Zoeyzotron

I am only against unions when they demand more than the market SHOULD bare. which has been the case alot lately.

A. W. R.

American Workers Rights, to fight for their wages and benefits YES YES YES.
Large Government NO NO NO.
Do you want Government telling you what to do, I didn’t think so that’s Communism ,
and so is taking away The American Workers rights to fight for their Lively hood.
Stand up and fight.

Get over yourself

How is that union kool-aid?

A. W. R.

You’re too stupid to get the point , I’m talking about The American Worker, so you don’t support that you commie.

CWA

We ant all those red shirts back……
Non Union

Verizon should fire all of the strikers, get rid of the communist union & hire people who want to work.
THE reaper

Wow, all that and still no new contract…. great work unions….
Mad Hatter

Wonderful… I can sleep now knowing that my landline will work… Wait, I don’t even have a land line anymore… which is the point… Hey unions declining demand means declining need for employment in that sector…

Take down the Eat n Park sign (on parkeway west) too you thugs! I actually eat there more often now just to spite you. So they hired non union because it was a GOOD BUSINESS DECISION. Your competition was less expensive. Thats the way it works. Either get competitive or deal with the consequences of delining work.