Verizon Strike is Over

by: Rosi Efthim

Sat Aug 20, 2011 at 01:13:05 PM EDT

We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed.

Earlier this week there was a large, peaceful protest outside Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam's house in leafy Mendham, to bring middle class workplace issues to the very front door of a CEO whose compensation (from the very profitable Verizon) is in the millions.

Verizon engaged in a huge public relations campaign to counter the effect of viral strike videos, and picket lines of red-shirted union workers. Newspaper ads. Radio and TV blitz, all about how happy their customers are.

This customer supported the strike (maybe strike-supporting customers didn't occur to Verizon). My cell phone's busted, and I wasn't about to walk it in to Verizon. Now I can.