Tell Verizon Wireless to stop hanging up on workers' rights

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/dailyaction/homepage.html

Verizon Wireless is one of the nation's most popular wireless providers, serving 42 million customers. But did you know the company is also one of the most anti-union?

A federal Administrative Law Judge recently found that Verizon Wireless illegally disciplined a pro-union worker and interfered with employees' rights to form or support a union. And Verizon Wireless workers say the company used "scare tactics" and intimidation to prevent employees from joining unions.

How far has Verizon Wireless gone to kill any effort by its workers to have a union to improve their workplace?

* The company has prohibited workers from talking about the union on their own time.
* Verizon Wireless forced its employees to do its dirty work--a federal investigation revealed a company rule requiring employees to report all union activity at their worksite, as part of the company's national "Emergency Procedures."
* And in an action reminiscent of Wal-Mart's closure of a Quebec store when its employees formed a union, Verizon Wireless shut down a call center after its employees moved closer to getting their union!

Whether you're a customer of Verizon Wireless or not—you know this behavior is shameful and the company needs to be called out for it.

It doesn't have to be this way. Verizon Wireless' top competitor--Cingular Wireless--honors its employees' wishes if they choose to form a union. Even employees at Verizon's landline division have union representation--65,000 of them, in fact! Verizon Wireless workers simply desire what their colleagues have--the right to have a say in their working conditions, some job security, and protection from unfair treatment and firings.

Tell Verizon Wireless to stop hanging up on workers' rights.



http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/777440262?ltl=1155217705



Verizon Wireless, one of the nation's most popular wireless providers, is also gaining a reputation as one of the most anti-union. The company has aggressively fought efforts by its employees to form unions to improve their workplace.

Call out Verizon Wireless on its behavior. Urge the company to let their workers have a free and fair chance to form a union.



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[ThomCat]

1. Verizon wireless has the worst customer service

and the most idiotic bureaucratic proceedures of all the cellular carriers. And as part of a small team that manages over $100,000 per month in cellualar service/devices I can say this from experience.

Verizon wireless has the most poorly trained, poorly managed people at many of their call centers. They make everything convoluted and difficult, and they make far, far too many stupid mistakes even on simple orders.

Fuck 'em.