Recent news and updates regarding the Verizon strike for this year 2016 has finally made some improvements. It stands out that a deal has finally been struck between the union workers and the tech carrier giant. Along that line, notions of the victory at the palm of the union workers hand arise.
The Verizon strike lasted a total of 6 weeks of strike. It also underwent 13 days of talks, along with the assistance from the government to put an end to the skirmish between Verizon and the union workers. Considered as one of the largest labor impasse and one of the biggest in the United Sates in recent history and both camps from the Verizon group and the two unions, Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), that represent the close to 40,000 workers on strike have taken a significant major step to actually come up with a tentative resolution, reports Christian Post.
The day that both sectors have been striving for has finally arrived. It was even mentioned by US Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez. According to the secretary, "Today, I am pleased to announce that the parties have reached an agreement in principle on a four-year contract, resolving the open issues in the ongoing labor dispute between Verizon's workers, unions, and management."
Looking back, the skirmish began when the union workers were not thrilled with the actions being implemented by the company. The workers decided to go on a strike last April 13 to protest against Verizon's move to outsource jobs in countries like the Philippines and force to relocate employees temporarily for an assignment in other cities, reports the same post.
Given the fact that Verizon resorted to hiring temporary employees meant that the company is feeling the pressure of the strike, reports Jobs & Hire. Nevertheless, the agreement that was attained is just in time to regain back the former glory of Verizon and bring back the services to the people with the union workers back at work.
Even the head of CWA Chris Shelton is confident of the recent updates regarding the Verizon strike. "The agreement in principle at Verizon is a victory for working families across the country and an affirmation of the power of working people," according to Shelton.
