Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU
 
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 12:06 PM
Original message
Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike
As a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers approaches the two-week mark, the company’s customers are beginning to feel the impact — and are complaining about it.

Bay Area union workers in San Francisco marched in solidarity with striking Verizon workers on the East Coast.
Verizon acknowledges “minor” disruptions since the strike began on Aug. 7. But some customers of its landline telephone, Internet and cable television service are reporting significant delays getting current lines repaired and new ones installed.

Craig Schiffer, chief executive of a boutique investment bank in Midtown Manhattan, said his firm’s telephone service had been down for nine days, and he could not get an estimate from Verizon for when the phones would be working again — a big problem for a business that relies heavily on phone calls with clients.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/technology/verizon-strike-slowing-service-and-customers-complain.html?_r=3

I guess there's no need for land lines right Verizon management?

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
iemitsu Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 01:08 PM
Response to Original message
1. good news for the striking workers.
things will only begin to improve in america when workers call for and participate in a general strike.
then the government will be forced to remember that workers are really who run the country.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Sun May 05th 2024, 05:52 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC