Verizon Union Workers Bused To CEO’s Home For Protest
- Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:12am by
Mike Opelka
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Hundreds of striking Verizon workers sporting red shirts and holding candles while chanting of ”No contract, No peace!“ and ”What’s disgusting? Union busting” held a vigil outside the Mendham, New Jersey home of CEO Lowell McAdam. The strikers were bused in by their union in an effort to highlight the differences between executives and blue collar workers.
Since August 7th, 45,000 Verizon workers in the Northeastern part of the country have been on strike. At issue is management’s proposed pension freeze and some increased employee contributions for healthcare premiums. Despite the “no contract, no peace” chants, police report that the protest outside the CEO’s mansion was held without incident.
The timing of the protest at the CEO‘s home may be tied to a looming deadline for worker’s healthcare benefits. Many walking the picket lines face a loss of coverage by the end of the month. WYSR TV in Syracuse, NY has the story:
While there was no violence at the protest, there is a cost involved. The people of Mendham will be forced to pay for the needed police presence to manage traffic and assure safety at a protest involving hundreds of strikers. This reality was not lost on Verizon, as company spokesman Lee Gierczynski told Fox News:
“Union bosses surely can find more constructive things for their membership to do than waste taxpayer dollars, public safety resources and their membership’s time with these cheap theatrics.”
As the strike against Verizon wraps up a third week, there does not appear to be a resolution coming any time soon. If anything, tensions seem to be increasing. Earlier this week, The Blaze reported on some curiously violent rhetoric being used by union officials instructing members on how to follow and “torture” Verizon managers.
And just days ago a Facebook profile page of a striking Verizon employee in Massachusetts featured this alleged, union-distributed image:
The profile page of the MA Facebook user has since been edited and the curious image removed.
The next step in the union‘s playbook is apparently to cripple Verizon’s telephone customer support centers. The Washington Times is reporting that CWA union is emailing retirees, directing them to make scripted and coordinated phone calls to service centers in an effort to “tie them up.”
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Comments (500)
Jim in Houston
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:59amThey must be so proud teaching their kids to be little terrorists. Not that much different from the Taliban.
Report Post »snyper99
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:12amabso-freakin-lootely!!
Report Post »101
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:34amTrespassing & loitering arrest them all…then fire them
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:37amGet some skunk junk and spread it down by the skunks. No Peace . No Contract.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:45amSo now I know the face of a Tea Party Terrorist! I wonder when they will do what mobs usually do; kill someone?
Oh, they weren’t from the tea party? Then I guess they support the Communist Party. It’s just so confusing (not really).
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:50am@101: “Trespassing & loitering arrest them all…then fire them”
I’m with 101 – firing these thugs isn’t enough. Oh, and add disturbing the peace, too…..
Report Post »YEAHYOURIGHT
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:51amShared sacrifice!
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:54amDo what Reagan did to the Air Traffic Controllers who when on stoke – he fired them all – we didn’t have anymore major Union Strikes in the US until Obama came along.
Report Post »1chancey1
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:57amMaybe it’s time to fight fire with fire. Organize and show up at these Union Bosses Home!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:57amIndeed, it will be only a matter of time before the union thug leadership decides to up the ante against the non union members, businesses, and the CEO’s and their families; violence is coming, and soon unless the people make a stand against it’s usage and the law enforcement stand as well, those who are on the line and will not listen to the socialist leadership of their own unions.
Report Post »JFC3
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:01amWhy is it that union workers constantly blame corporate leadership? If your job sucks so much either find a new one or figure out what it takes to be the boss. These people floor me…
Report Post »Morris
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:04amFire them all,Replace them with non-union workers,The unions are why “WE THE PEOPLE” have to pay so much for everything that we buy!
The Unions force American jobs out of America!
Union boss Trumka has a bedroom at the WhiteHouse,and Dictator Barack Hussein Obama ,
our Muslim-in-chief is sleeping with Trumka!
IMPEACH DICTATOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA,OUR MUSLIM-IN-CHIEF,AND GET TRUMKA
OUT OF OUR WHITEHOUSE!
The only way to Save our America,is to IMPEACH THIS MUSLIM DICTATOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA,AND GET RID OF HIS COMPLETE MEXICAN-MUSLIM LOVING ADMINISTRATION NOW!
Dictator Obamas complete Admin. is Anti-American,Anti-Business, Anti-Capitalism,MARXIST,
COMMUNIST,SOCIALIST,Working on turning our America into a 3-rd World Country!
This Dictatorship of Obama our Muslim-in-Chief,Wants to turn our Republic our America into the
“GLOBAL-NEW WORLD ORDER”,“WE THE PEOPLE” Must stop this Dictator from destroying
our America!
“WE THE PEOPLE” Must IMPEACH this damn Dictator Obama now,Save our America.
“WE THE PEOPLE”,Are getting sick of being call a TERRORIST,if you are a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN!
America,Lets flush the Democrat toilet in Washington DC,To cleanse our America of this Corrupt,Incompetent Administration of Dictator Barack Hussein Obama,The Muslim-in-Chief!
FOR EVILTO FLOURISH,ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS FOR GOOD AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SAY
AND DO NOTHING,START SAYING SOMETHING AMERICA,LET CONGRESS KNOW HOW
“WE THE PEOPLE” FEEL ABOUT THID ADMIN!!!
smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:11amTo the CEO’S of Verizon there are 14,000,000 plus unemployed American that will gladly sign waivers not to unionized so long as they pay fair wages and fill every position these ungrateful union member hold. It’s an employers market
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:13am@DB321
As much as I would like to see action like the air traffic controllers, an employer can’t fire a striking employee in an economic strike unless there is direct evidence of violence. Prior to Obama, there were many large and violent strikes. Three immediately come to mind. Hormel, Caterpillar and Boise Cascade. Hormel and Boise Cascade were violent large strikes in Minnesota under Gov. Rudy Perpich, a democrate. At the Boise Cascade strike approximatley 1500 construction trade workers from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were bussed in to a town with a population of 6000. The mob burnt down a construction trailer site. Perpich refused to send in the National Guard even after the Sheriff told him that he could not keep the peace.
I know this in detail because I was there. I had the pleasure to testify in criminal trials and at arbitrations.
Report Post »stop spending
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:13amTime to FIRE and RE-HIRE !!!
Report Post »shazam3
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:15amVerizon has the right to take the union benefits that they take from the employees total payroll and put it in an escrow account until the unions stop this nonsense. This amounts to huge money and the union usually works from hand to mouth. Just keep the money and bankrupt the union.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:18amJUST O N E MORE REASON WHY I HATE UNIONS. I’d rather sweep sidewalks, wash dishes or clean toilets before I’d ever join a union for any job.
Report Post »These Anti-American Unions are disreputable and Chicago style thugs to do such a thing as this.
Hell to all of you type people, You deserve nothing, not even a job Too many would like your pathetic job as it is, so be very careful of what you’re doing.
Patrick in AZ
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:40amTime for Verizon to announce 45,000 job openings
Report Post »2ndAkeepsmefree
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:45amProletarian thugs of the ongoing socialist insurrection. Mindless drones following their commissar’s directives in order to keep receiving their beer and football money. Wake up losers, all you have to loose is chains of the “State”….
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:50amGreat point, smithclar3nc3…hold open hiring events and start in Atlanta where hundreds and hundreds of people stood in the heat for the CHANCE of getting a job. The unions will be sadly outnumbered at every event and there little bully tactics will be slaughtered if they raise a fist.
Report Post »yancie
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:50amThese people are know different than a bunch of welfare queens, wanting other people to give them the best of everything, I‘m glad I don’t work so my taxes do not go to these kind of freaks.
Report Post »hud
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:24amTO: 101 Fire them. I agree, and think a flame thrower should be utilized for the firing.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:25amNo! you much be mistaken. :-) It is the Tea Party who are racist!!???
Report Post »just the facts
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:28amfire them. fire all that had any involvement in this busing thing. Anyone that is more so of a problem than the answere – fire them. And don’t think twice about it.
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:31amStand you ground, VERIZON !! these people will fade into
Report Post »the sunset with Bama…union thugs…brown shirts..
logicalthinker65
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:05amthere is not one of you union bashing people who negatively comment on this subject that wouldnt take that same union job if it were offered to you 85% of you probably already have an application in at verizon
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:14amcpusa
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:22amCome on man….terrorists? Is “terrorist” replacing the term “racist” as the word of choice to name someone that you disagree with. I don‘t like seeing this in front of someone’s home, but it surely ain’t terrorism.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:23amwithe help of the Big Union Thugs maybe New Jersey can also look like Detroit Mi.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:34amone word, Tresspassing.
Report Post »o, you say they are in the street on public property within a development? call the police. have them removed. i doubt they have a permit to assemble there. and i don’t the home owners association allows it. good luck thugs.
AdoptedbyGrace
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:34amMrs Pelosi,
Is this what “Grass Roots” looks like?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:36amTurn off their cells… stop their accounts and send them refunds.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:51amCommunists – we’re all in this together, Comrade.
Report Post »Heffe44
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 12:20pmSince when is a group of people peacefully assembling terrorism? Did you read that sentence in the artical that said the protest went off out incidnet?
If this was the Tea Party protesting, you all would be cheering it on and saying that they are exercising their constitutional right of “freedom of assembly”
Once again you all show yoursefves to be a bunch of hypocrites and lemmings.
Report Post »denise55
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 12:37pmI think the city should send the bill for security patrol or any other city services used as a result of the union present in the private neighborhood. Maybe that would make these PRIVATE union workers think twice before they take their work business into the private live of a CEO. I SAY SEND THEM THE BILL>
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:31pmWill some good American conservative legislator introduce a bill making this type of mob activity illegal at felony level. These lib pundits are always ranting about (non existing) right wing violence and pull these terrorist attacks on opponents homes. Always led by organized, mostly union thugs. Why is it that its always the “gentle, caring, peace loving,lefties” that do all the physical intimidation, rioting and ransacking?
Report Post »JG79504
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:40pmI agree!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:45pmThat is it, I am getting rid of my Verizon phones!
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 2:31pmnice try Comrade heffe44…then you can pay the bill for crowd control…peaceful??? for whom ???? guess you want 100 Tea Folks picketing YOUR HOUSE…???????…BTW…ask the electrical company buss. owner in Toledo if BEING SHOT is PEACEFUL…IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »dsswickard
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 2:59pm” No contract, No peace! ” Sounds to me as that’s a direct threat to me and my family and they leave me no choice but to respond accordingly.
Report Post »GIDDIONKANE
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 3:12pmDIS-BAND ALL UNIONS!!!! they are money guzzleing fund wasting domestic terrorists, get rid of them all.
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 3:51pmMorris, more like moron, said “,The unions are why “WE THE PEOPLE” have to pay so much for everything that we buy!”
Report Post »Hey moron look at the labels on virtually everything in your home. Made in China! No union labor. Lots and lots of low wage labor and corporate profit. How terrible that now it is found obscene to demand a fair wage from a profitable corporation. The Koch brothers must high five every time a ********* posts on The Blaze.
AvengerK
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 4:16pmThat’s the way lefties…get the children involved too. Nothing like teaching kids at a younger and younger age that intimidation and bullying will get you anything you want including blood from a stone apparently. Oh and “individualism”? What an antiquated and quite frankly “conservative” thought..yech…Everyone get your red t-shirts on and let others think for you. Hey…why don’t we spray paint “SCAB” on the CEO’s car like our union “brothers” do in other states? Love the red star on the Facebook page by the way…so Bolshevik..so..Che’…so Mao.
Report Post »1stCowboyPatriot
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 4:41pmThey cannot be terrorist, only right wing people, you know the peaceful ones, like the ones attending Glenn’s rally at the mall last year, are terrorist. As long as they are not Tea Party supporters or members, they are not Terrorist, I know because Janet told me so!!!
Report Post »Interesting how the follow the teachings of Mao and do not understand why so few people have any respect for the union members. Good thing for them the police do not follow Mao’s teachings, the tanks rolling over them kind of hurt!
They are just ignorant morons, looking for a handout when the land line division of all telephone companies are going to heck. I have not had a land line for over a decade now. Qwest gave me such poor service and no customer support, just nasty comments on my voice mail, that I turned them off and never looked back. Verizon, is in trouble and this nitwits are too stupid to understand. Maybe we should bring back buggy whip makers, because they lost their jobs to Henry Ford and others!
These are disgusting people, terrorizing a neighborhood, I certainly would never have them as a service provider!
raw7n0
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 12:55pmUnions have destroyed this country.
Report Post »Mike Z4000
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 4:43pmStriking union members = Violent Thugs
Report Post »getalong
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:35pm1chancey1
Report Post »Fighting fire with fire will only make a bigger fire. We must continue to not stoop to their level. Truth always trumps lies.
PAULA J ANDERSON
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 3:46pmWhat gets me is why are UNIONS lawless; is it because of the cronyism if Government. Americans, you had better wake up. UNIONS have the right to terrorize families and their children. What’s wrong with you guys. Unions had their place, and the don’t want to change. Thuggery is now a right sanctioned by the White House? Geez!
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:59amHang tough Verizon!!
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:14amFire every dam one of them!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:18amFire them… I don’t care about their BS “devil’s made” contract, just fire them and show them the other side of employment… which is unemployment. They can join the ranks of the other 17% (U6) unemployed. I lost 1/2 my salary a few years back because of the ripple effect caused by these Nazi dopes! Paybacks are a B#tch…FIRE them!
Report Post »BigHead
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:56amUnion member behavior like this demonstrates the desperate need for cognitive restructuring. I would be surprised if these people could pour a glass of milk.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:50amHang in there Mr. McAdam. Don’t allow those UNION THUGS to intimidate you or your family. They are the most outrageous example of what America has become. Mob thuggery – - mob rule! The real trouble is that Obammy and his band of Chicago leftist, liberal gangsters approve of this kind of intimidation. But then, what else can you expect?
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:43amThese bunch of LOSERS who think it‘s appropriate to picket anyone’s home are totally out of line.
I’d be ashamed to belong to a group like this. Obviously none of you are Christians!
My wish is for Verizon NOT CAVE in to a group of people who think the world owes them anything. I hope Verizon fires all of you and hires people who WANT to work with NO union involvement. FIRE UNIONS. GET SMART for a change.
Unions had their day, but ruined it with their gestapo tactics. They are disreputable thugs and are responsible for all bad things going on. Because of the union greed, all of us pay much more for everything we buy. Could this be why China is overloading us with their junk?
Report Post »McDove
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:51amAs a current, non-union Verizon employeed, I hope they stand tough and demand the union personnel to pay what I pay for healthcare, which is a GREAT deal. $105 every other week for PPO family coverage, $0 deductible, $15 copay. Incredible.
Report Post »jimtrees
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 3:30pmFind out where these people live, and do the same. My neighbor works for Verizon, and his truck is parked in front of his house for 4 or 5 hours a day. I ask him if ever has to do anytghing and he just laughs it off. I haven’t seen his truck in a while.
Report Post »Cant steal my joy
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 5:34pmFire them! The visit to the boss’ house must make the decision all the more clear. Why would anyone want to have people like this working for them.
Report Post »PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:54amA union employee called Limbaugh yesterday wanting to honestly know why people were so hostile to unions in Ohio. I’ll tell you why, because of under-handed, no good, bullying GARBAGE like this. No matter what you’re differences when you start calling for violence to solve your problem there is something criminal about it. This under=handed and dirty and if I had any support for these Verizon employees and their “plight” NO MORE. Union workers, if you want people to support your cause, cut this crap off. Americans don‘t like it when people play dirty and going to someone’s home and threatening and intimidating their family and neighbors, vandalizing their property, even resorting to violence and sabotage is playing dirty and will garner you NO sympathy from me. This is all over pension benefits, seriously, people!!! My grandfather had to strike before I was born to fight for the right to take a break on a 12 hour shift, or the right to negotiate a fair wage. These battles came before labor laws and served to make things fair for the employees. These were honorable fights and even then I would have thought it wrong to do some of things that these guys are doing and even some of the things my grandfather and his union brothers did do. This is bottom line about money in a time when everyone is hurting. Give me a break!!! There is no need for this and this is just downright ganster tactics. Ridiculous!!! Grow up!!!
Report Post »De minimus
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:00amA raised fist and a red star. How much more clarity does one need? These people are Marxists. The movement is Marxists. Because Marxists have planned and organized these things and these are not isolated events.
Report Post »honestynow
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:38ambravo
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:48amThey march at the orders of the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx; They hold the Red Star proudly high in hand.
Report Post »…and wear Red T-shirts.
loriann12
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:16amI caught that caller. He‘s just one of the brainwashed masses who just don’t get it and probably never will. You heard him say his family had been involved in the unions for generations? To him all the armtwisting is normal. It’s like growing up in an abusive family, you see it as normal behavior. You have to be away from it for a while.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:53amThese union goons and terrorists should be jailed and the key thrown away!
Report Post »wesleyapril
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:02amRemember at least a year ago – the Unions and the COPS – that is the POLICE FORCE – bused in protestors to a CEO’s home – the man wasn’t there and his child – a CHILD was there while these unions THUGS yelled and screamed. In Communism, isn’t there the VERY WEALTHY and the very POOR? If I was one of those WEALTHY folks – I would be thinking now, about taking precautions to protect my family – because things are going to get dicey soon folks. :)
Report Post »Ruffus
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:52amAll,
this is just part of the 3-pronged front….
1. We have RINOs (all republicans NOT newly elected last fall) allowing and joining in on the attack on Tea party – why? Because we sparked real longing for cahnge and the energy to make it happen.
2. The communist powers controlling the WH, and working on destroying our country and creating the One World Order…. – keep market unstable with periodic big hits, keep world unstable with periodic riots, demonstrations with brainless slugs who think the evil doers are looking out for them….disruptions in peace…setting stage for “reasons for taking more power and usurping more freedoms”
3. Attacks on anything God-linked – this is key, the center of all of this is to destroy Christianity…why? not because they don’t “believe”, but because without God, there is no guilt, there is no right vs wrong, there is only “Do what we want because we like it.
I think in my own ameturistic way, this sums it up pretty well…
p.s. I have perfected short-term survival skills – have you??
Report Post »wesleyapril
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:02amRuffus,
You got it – :)
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 12:32pmWhat are the short-term survival tools that you speak of? Just wanted to see if I need to do something else that I haven’t thought of already.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:50amInteresting. If we did that, we would be arrested.
Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo, reality check anyone?
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:24amVerison will follow the law and obtain temporary restraining orders to prevent home visits by strikers.
Report Post »Pallamus
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:49amIt is just not right to go to people’s homes and protest. Something is wrong with these, folks. This should not be allowed. People have the right to protest anywhere they please until their faces turn blue, but not at people’s homes. This tactic employed by the union thugs is simply unacceptable. Where do we draw the line?
On the same note, it is time unions payed their fair share! Can you tell I’m anti-union? You bet I am!!!
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:16amVerizon needs to fire every dam one of them!
Report Post »nonamesleft
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:47amHey when was the last time someone with LESS money than you offered you a job?
Report Post »The owners, CEO’s etc etc deserve more compensation. Let the market forces work. In the end it will work out. If you think the terms of the contract are not the right thing for you and your family you are free in this country to find a suitable company that meets the needs of you and your family.
originalbwad
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:46amWere they bused or bussed
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:55amThey were obamUSSED….but it was Bush’s fault.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:09amYes to both.
Report Post »ryguy1985
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:40amIt’s always the ones that slack off on the job that strike also!
Report Post »The Catbird
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:40amCommunist thuggery pure and simple. Funny, but you don’t see the TEA party plugging up traffic and keeping the neighborhood awake into the night.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:51amSomeone should show up in a red shirt with one of those big gator ade coolers for the poor oppressed workers, into which a liberal amount of Visine has been mixed.
Report Post »tom
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:39amsee it for what is….obama’s marxist assault on capitalism thru his union communist thugs…that is with the exception of he and his freedom busters in the white house who i believe have already stuffed millions in their pockets. vote the anti americans out in 2012.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:39amI wonder if they realize that their employer is no longer a monopoly? People that live in the areas Verizon serves have many alternatives for their Phone, TV, Iand nternet service. If these shenanigans go on too long, they risk driving away customers, helping their competitors grow, and decreasing the number of jobs available.
I don‘t know the specifics of their ’struggle’, but if their main beef is with pension benefits and healthcare costs they will not find much sympathy in the general population. Their days of being isolated & protected from the real cost of their healthcare coverage are over.
Report Post »IndianaJan
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:02amExactly, Beekeeper! When my husband’s healthcare costs went up 25% last year, and all of the other costs, including GAS TO GET TO WORK went way up, we just pulled in our spending—MORE—and thank God we still have a job. This story about strikers makes us all sick. I am thisclose to changing carriers (our Verizon contract is expired anyway). Are you listening, jerks??
Report Post »dsd13130
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:11amNo, they don’t realize that…they weren’t hired for their brains. IBEW is pulling the same crap with the NON-UNION company my husband works for, trying to unionize the shop. I don‘t have enough characters remaining to type all the thuggery that’s going on there.
Hang tough Verizon, you can do it! I retired from Verizon so I know how well prepared they are for strikes. These thugs wouldn’t want to protest at my house…I’ve got dogs & guns…
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:34amGee I wonder why there are less and less people with Verizon. The money I was spending for nothing compared to what I spend now and what I get! I wonder why their prices are so high!
Report Post »Keep going, screw everyone you can cause soon there will be no one left to screw and you can complete your move to cannibalize!
smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:47amThe verizon CEO should sue the unions for putting their family’s live in jeopardy. We all ready know that union members shot a business owner in ohio for not joining the union. If anyone is hurt or feels threatened by this they should sue the union.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:32amGet over yourself, union bosses (thugs) and members. Everyone, not just unions, has to give a little more. If you don’t like it, go to work in the private sector!
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:31amFire every last one of them, we`ve got 9.1% unemployment. There plenty of workers to go around at this point. Hey union workers, your in bed with the wrong people. They are making asses of you and the companies you work for. Be glad to be working, there are folks that have been unemployed since Obama took office. They have stopped searching for work. Go back to work.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:12amAmen
Report Post »EP46
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:31amFire them all….look at the people with their children …engaging them in this sort of thing is not good parenting …a peaceful demonstration out in public is ok…but to take your children to threaten a family in their own home ???
Report Post »Crus8r
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:30amI hope that one day I can go to the organizers of events like this and hangout in their front yards, pester their families and then when the Organizer tries to complain about his rights or privacy or the pursuit of happiness, I can spit at him/her, call them names, trash their yard and neighborhood, terroize their family and make their life a living hell. Naw on second thought, I can‘t do that because I’m not part of mob-think. I stand apart from the “lead like sheep to slaughter” mentallity. I understand that issues should be talked out in the correct forums not in a families home! I would use my second amendment rights and protect my home from these idiots. The sign says no tresspassing, and I enforce that law!
Report Post »txbigfoot
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:32amTHAT will teach them to hire a union group,
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:30amFreeze their retirement. no more company contributions. cancle their insurance. let them buy some obumma ins. come back to work within 48 hours or you’re fired. enough of this cr@p. these bullies need to be taught a lesson. be grateful for what you have in life and don’t spit in the face of the provider.
Report Post »bharris0
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:30amWhat bothers me the most is their use of the clenched fist, used by the communists. I guess unions like to brag about being anti-American.
If I find a union label on something I’m looking to purchase, I’ll keep looking until I find a product without it.
Report Post »The Catbird
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:42amAgreed… Look for the “Union Label”, then put it back on the rack.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:29amGoing to people’s homes is crossing the line of decency, but you are talking about unions and union thugs. There is a good reason the strikers are wearing shirts that are red, the favorite color of communists.
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:43amFrom Wisconsin to Toledo to this. It is no wonder that Unions are becoming some of the most despised people in the country. Progs and useful idiots all. I do my best to shop non union everytime. Tear them down and start all over. They are Marxist thugs much worse than the folks they are attempting to destroy. WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR TACTICS.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:27amSurely they have broken the law by what they are doing. What land are they standing on? Are they blocking traffic or city ordinances? Is the bus driver legally in the US? Something that can get the law involved? Throw their butts in jail!
Report Post »Smug
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 11:34amI agree, it does cross the line of decency. Not to mention what about the neighbors of these people being trampled on by this herd. Any thing good that Unions have ever done for the people of this country in the past, has all but been canceled out in the last few years by their thug mentality and intimidation tactics…………..MSSMUG
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:22amMore worthless people crying about not having enough when thousands of people around them are without any benefits at all. Hey Union worker… SHUT UP AND GET BACK TO WORK! Be glad you have a job at all. I‘ve been out of work since 2009 and I don’t have the stomach for YOUR bellyaching! Get back to your job and provide for your families.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:21amI would shut the whole damn thing down and start over. Go Gault!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:17amMaybe we should start visting the union bosses homes and let them know that we think they are a bunch of LEACHES
Report Post »EP46
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:28amWe should start visiting the White House and letting them know they are leeches.
Report Post »Conkuur
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:28amHere‘s is what I do when I don’t like the conditions where I work.” I FIND ANOTHER JOB!” I don’t spend unpaid days picketing them! I don’t (nor should) have the right to tell them how to run their company! If I was running a company (or you) would you want me telling you how to run it?!
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:57ammaybe we should not buy one product made by a union
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:16amThe Verizon boss should swear out warrants against the union for threatening his family.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:34amWe have two ways to treat people in this country, One group is cuddled and tolerated in their behavior and the other is not. People and organizations fit into one of theses two groups. Unfortunately, unions are tolerated and not held accountable for their actions. Until the people rise up and put a stop to this practice which is nothing more than “acceptable discrimination”, it continues.
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