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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVerizon Wireless Plans to Lay Off Thousands of U.S. Workers
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CWA is drawing attention to Verizon Wireless's plans to close six call center locations across the country, eliminating about 3,000 customer service jobs.
Verizon is characterizing these closures as a necessary part of its transition to a home-based workforce at six of its 18 existing call centers. But this "transition" excuse is just an attempt to cover up the fact that these are layoffs.
"Workers deserve real job security," said Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1 Vice President and Chair of CWA's Wireless Workers United, a network of union and non-union workers organizing to protect good jobs and quality customer service. "If this is not a layoff, as Verizon Wireless claims, all workers at the six affected centers should get to keep their jobs."
Verizon Wireless has already closed 19 call centers since 2012, affecting 11,000 workers. And while House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump promised that passing the tax bill would help working families because companies would bring jobs back to the United States, Verizon continues to use third-party contractors around the world. These contractors often pay poverty wages, boosting profits for corporate executives and large shareholders.
Read more here: https://www.abqjournal.com/1145619/union-claims-verizon-change-will-mean-job-losses.html?link_id=27&can_id=a9cf23302332fb8fa0573509116ae7fe&source=email-verizon-wireless-to-lay-off-thousands-of-workers&email_referrer=email_318525&email_subject=verizon-wireless-to-lay-off-thousands-of-workers
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Verizon Wireless Plans to Lay Off Thousands of U.S. Workers (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Mar 2018
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SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)1. How's that MAGA going?
Hmmm???
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)2. The trickle down continues
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)4. The latest trickle down victim.
Oklahoma is in a severe budget crisis, so severe that term limited Governor Mary "take me on the hood" Fallin proposed tax increases to get the state's nose above water. She was one of the supply side idiots, until reality kicked her in the butt.
safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)3. Work at home on your Verizon phone?
What about dropped calls?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,711 posts)5. More of these jobs outsourced overseas
Not trying to pick on foreigners but language barriers tend not to be customer friendly.
peggysue2
(10,819 posts)6. So Much Winning
Sigh.
How long for the Trumpster Brigade to get the memo:
Your Emperor Has No Clothes And . . .
He doesn't give a shit about you or your well-being. Only his.
How long for the Trumpster Brigade to get the memo:
Your Emperor Has No Clothes And . . .
He doesn't give a shit about you or your well-being. Only his.
Initech
(100,029 posts)7. Enjoy that $1,000 bonus, MAGATs.