And more jobs get sent overseas
I believe the last time they had a big labor action, thousands of jobs were eliminated, replaced by better on-line customer access.
Rich companies are outsourcing a lot more than a hole union people. Look at what Disney did to it’s top IT guys.
heard an interview on WMAL this morning with a non-union person who said that the union is stuck in the days of land lines and servicing those while the number of Verizon landlines are decreasing and more business is going to cell phone. Also the health care costs are going up faster than planned for due to Obamacare.
I better pay attention. Ms. Onona and I both work from home, and yep, Verizon’s our service. Losing service would not be looked well upon.
Irreverent is typical of union goons.
Irrelevant not so much.
Well there goes my Verizon bill higher again - one less time I get to take my kid to McDonald’s for lunch - the money gets moved around, the greediness goes on....
Part of the problem here is the concept of the "good-paying job".
The name implies that the people in these jobs are overpaid.
In which case, somebody is going to come along and offer to do the job at a lower price. In some cases, that person may be from another country, or even IN another country.
As Peter Fonda (of all people!) once said, "A man makes his own security".
Learn how to do something that is in demand, that has a high, natural barrier to entry, and you will be OK.
But don't stop there; keep raising the bar for yourself, making yourself more valuable; increasing your own "human capital" (thank you Adam Smith) and you will stay "irreplaceable".
My 2¢.
Thoughts?
I thought Frontier bought out Verizon as of April 1.
Damn-—my son is management and this is a pain in the a**.
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