Verizon on Strike

[TheCount]

Verizon is looking to tie pay increases to performance review and require union workers to contribute to health-plan premiums. The company is also seeking to freeze pensions at the end of the year, eliminate the sickness and death benefit program, cut in half the sickness disability benefits from 52 weeks to 26 weeks and reduce sick time, according to a memo signed by William Huber, president of IBEW, Local 827.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/verizon_workers_outline_differ.html

Unions striking left and right these days. This is probably more of a local issue, but our internet went dead last night and they can't even get anyone on the phone to help us, so I guess we are without internet till they work things out.

Fantastic.