The Verizon strike 2000 took place on August 5, 2000, in New York. Nearly 85,000 unionized Verizon workers went on strike to protest Verizon's plan to shut down their factory and move to non-union areas.[1]
On August 5, 2000, 85,000 union workers walked out on Verizon and began to strike. There were two union groups that went on strike, the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. There were different reasons why the two union groups went on strike. The first reason was due to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE; these two companies merged and created Verizon. The problem with the merger was that Verizon had the idea to move their shops and factories to nonunion areas,[1] which would mean workers either losing their jobs or being forced to relocate.
Extra hours added to mandatory overtime was another reason. On top of the already unbearable work and stress, workers were forced to work more hours during their already mandatory overtime. One worker described the workload as "a level of stress that can only be described by someone who handles more than 1,000 service calls in an eight-hour shift and is trying to cold-sell the callers $60,000 worth of extras—like three-way calling and Caller ID—each month."[2]
Impactedit
Although the strikes had little effects on Verizon, the strike did have a negative effect on competitors. The Verizon strike hurt competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) that relied on Verizon to help with the connection of their new customers to the network. CLECs are valuable in the market for every new customer they bring in, so without help from union workers on strike, CLECs suffered.[1]
Three days into the strike Verizon managers claimed to have counted 455 acts of vandalism, which they attributed to union members. Managers blamed unionists for throwing rocks, eggs, and bottles at workers and managers who crossed picket lines, as well as disrupting service by cutting cables and wires.[1]
Outcomeedit
After 18 days of striking, the Verizon strike came to an end with the agreement that Verizon would cut some requirements from the workers' mandatory overtime. The new rules were workers are to work at least 7.5 hours of overtime a week, and the most overtime they can work is 10 hours. Also, workers who are bilingual and have to do jobs that require being fluent in another language are to be paid a little bit more than the average worker.[3]
^ abcd"Verizon Strike, day three", CNN Money, August 8, 2000
^"Verizon Strike Historic Challenge to 'New Economy'"
^Simon Romero, "Verizon Strike Settled in Full After Accord On Overtime", New York Times, August 24, 2000
December 01, 2023
verizon, strike, 2000, neutrality, this, article, disputed, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, remove, this, message, until, conditions, august, 2013, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, verizon, strike, 2000, took, place, august, 2000,. The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met August 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Verizon strike 2000 took place on August 5 2000 in New York Nearly 85 000 unionized Verizon workers went on strike to protest Verizon s plan to shut down their factory and move to non union areas 1 Contents 1 Strike 2 Impact 3 Outcome 4 See also 5 ReferencesStrike editOn August 5 2000 85 000 union workers walked out on Verizon and began to strike There were two union groups that went on strike the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers There were different reasons why the two union groups went on strike The first reason was due to the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE these two companies merged and created Verizon The problem with the merger was that Verizon had the idea to move their shops and factories to nonunion areas 1 which would mean workers either losing their jobs or being forced to relocate Extra hours added to mandatory overtime was another reason On top of the already unbearable work and stress workers were forced to work more hours during their already mandatory overtime One worker described the workload as a level of stress that can only be described by someone who handles more than 1 000 service calls in an eight hour shift and is trying to cold sell the callers 60 000 worth of extras like three way calling and Caller ID each month 2 Impact editAlthough the strikes had little effects on Verizon the strike did have a negative effect on competitors The Verizon strike hurt competitive local exchange carriers CLECs that relied on Verizon to help with the connection of their new customers to the network CLECs are valuable in the market for every new customer they bring in so without help from union workers on strike CLECs suffered 1 Three days into the strike Verizon managers claimed to have counted 455 acts of vandalism which they attributed to union members Managers blamed unionists for throwing rocks eggs and bottles at workers and managers who crossed picket lines as well as disrupting service by cutting cables and wires 1 Outcome editAfter 18 days of striking the Verizon strike came to an end with the agreement that Verizon would cut some requirements from the workers mandatory overtime The new rules were workers are to work at least 7 5 hours of overtime a week and the most overtime they can work is 10 hours Also workers who are bilingual and have to do jobs that require being fluent in another language are to be paid a little bit more than the average worker 3 See also editVerizon strike of 2016References edit a b c d Verizon Strike day three CNN Money August 8 2000 Verizon Strike Historic Challenge to New Economy Simon Romero Verizon Strike Settled in Full After Accord On Overtime New York Times August 24 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Verizon strike of 2000 amp oldid 1070976890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
