... leaving their own jobs undone. Add to that the cost of the training and the travel and boarding expenses, and this will be a tremendously expensive and disruptive exercise, but that's how dedicated Verizon is to defeating the unions.

the New England Telco strike in the mid sixties..and then again many times through the seventies and eighties..the only difference - they (Telco) were lucky enough to find 1 or 2 people to cross the line..also known as SCABS..15,000??? Hummmm...I wonder..

Management picked up where the workers left off..working 6-7 days and 12 hour shifts...many of us went to neighboring states..I was in NH and Mass. in the Phonecenter (eighties) and operator positions in Framingham Mass...

So when they say "training more than 15,000 nonunion employees to take over in the event of a strike", if it is management, and not SCABS, Verizon is paying bookoo bucks...

CWA/IBEW workers...hold the line...(I wasn't always management)..

... and who isn't a single provider for a child or disabled person, and who isn't doing a "critical" job is eligible for these "emergency work order" assignments, including managers and other highly paid professional people. They will be forced to work up to 70 hours a week, up to two weeks without a day off, but will get time-and-a-half for overtime. So yes, that plus travel and expenses, not to mention the hidden costs of jobs going undone, means that this will likely cost Verizon more than giving in to a few union demands.

Many a backyahd pool was built - we learned real quick how to fill out those vouchahs -

Jobs not getting done - facilities, cable and pair, many remote areas just coming on line with new construction..at times it got to 30 days out (hidden costs) mid-sixties...I want to say '68 - (that was a very long strike) - .With so much technology today, however, those who still have land lines would feel it if there was a disruption..Verizon would probably provide a cell if the customer didn't have one...

... they're just doing this as a precaution to protect their customers' service from a strike. Fine, but another way to protect their customers is to avoid a strike in the first place, so I suppose we'll have to wait and see what they're offering vs. what's being asked.