In spite of the rain, CWA 1101 Retirees joined our active Members yesterday for a Rally at 230 W. 36th Street. A few hundred CWAers were in attendance in an effort to tell Verizon that “We ain’t gonna take it”.

Last week Opossing Views reported that Verizon announced plans to cut 1,700 jobs by offering its technicians and call center employees buyouts. Verizon said that if enough workers don’t accept the buyouts, it will start involuntary layoffs.

Ironically, Verizon paid chief executive Lowell C. McAdam more than $22.5 million in 2011, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of executive compensation.

As we are nearing the one year point of working without a contract, bargaining continues for 45,000 workers with no movement at the bargaining tables. Meanwhile Verizon continues to show it’s disdain for its workers and their Union.