Most of the workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, where most Verizon customers are found, and handle the wireline side of Verizon's business.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Verizon's Wireline Unions Go on Strike
About 45,000 Verizon Communications workers walked off the job Aug. 7, 2011 after negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, marking the first strike at the telecommunications giant in 11 years. That represents about half the workers in Verizon Communications wireline business units.
Most of the workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, where most Verizon customers are found, and handle the wireline side of Verizon's business.
Most of the workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, where most Verizon customers are found, and handle the wireline side of Verizon's business.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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