Boston Globe, August 10, 2011, Wednesday

Boston Globe

August 10, 2011, Wednesday

Boston Globe (full article)

Verizon union members say strike worth hardship

Gene Carroll, the director of the Union Leadership Institute at Cornell University, said Verizon’s contract proposals follow a 25-year labor relations trend of diminishing job security for the average worker. Some of the things the Verizon unions are asking for are no longer standard benefits in America, he said.

“Striking is not a common practice at all now,’’ he said. “It’s a risky strategy on the part of the union, and it’s also very courageous.’’