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It's the latest escalation in a contract dispute between telecommunications workers facing competitive pressure on its legacy landline business and workers who don't want their benefits stripped away. The disagreement over benefits has caused 45,HP EliteBook 2740p XT935UT,000 employees in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions to walk off the job on August 7,Dell Latitude E6320, and has resulted in accusations of violence,Sony HDR-XR500V, illegal interference, and legal action.
Verizon Communications plans to suspend health-insurance coverage and medical benefits for any worker still on strike,Sony F136FX/H Gray, applying further pressure on employees who have been off the job for more than a week.
The strike has gotten uglier,hp ELITEBOOK 8460P, with Verizon taking legal action to stop workers from blocking the entrances to facilities,Sony HVR-Z7E, and harassing management and replacement workers sent in to man the facilities. It has injunctions in New York,THINKPAD T400S, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,Sony HDR-CX12, and Delaware, as well as a temporary restraining order in Massachusetts, where an injunction is pending.
Strikers also have the option to pay for their core medical benefits, or choose to pay just for themselves or their dependents.
The news of Verizon's threat to strip the benefits away was first reported by Dow Jones Newswires.
Johnson said the CWA doesn't condone any illegal action.
The union said the petition has more than 100,000 signatures. CWA representative Candice Johnson said the petition has spurred many groups into action.
The latest move will test the mettle of the workers,Macbook Pro 17 Inch, who have been without pay since the strike began. The loss of health benefits is an option that companies have when their workers go on strike. While the talks continue, neither side has reported any progress.
Increasingly,Sony HDR-HC9, union workers are organizing their protests through Facebook.
The CWA said it would make available the Robert Lilja Members Relief Fund for workers who need assistance paying for their health care needs. In the meantime,Dell XPS 15-L502X, it said it is readying a petition to be sent to Verizon Chief Executive Lowell McAdam,JVC GZ-HD3, urging him to "get serious about bargaining and stop trying to push Verizon workers out of the middle class."
Much of the profits,HP EliteBook 2740p XT936UT, however,Panasonic HDC-HS900, are generated from the wireless business,Lenovo ThinkPad T410 2518-C4U, which has nearly no union workers. The wireline business posted a 0.3 percent decline in revenue in the second quarter, compared with a 2.2 percent decline in the first quarter. One growth area,Panasonic AG-HVX200A, however, has been its Fios bundle of Internet, phone,Toshiba M11-S3440, and television service. But Verizon said the costs to run the business are higher because of the need to strike content deals.
"This is not a surprise to the unions," he said.
The unions have dismissed the calls for changes in the contract, and they note that Verizon remains a highly profitable company.
Verizon confirmed that the letters were sent out. Representative Robert Varettoni said the notices were sent as early as possible so workers could make the necessary alternative arrangements. He added the rules of how the benefits can be suspended are laid out in the contract.
The unions representing the workers,Alienware M14x, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,SONY VAIO VPCF13CGX/B, have issued advice on how to keep their medical benefits going. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires group health plans to offer striking workers and covered dependents the opportunity to continue health coverage for up to 18 months by paying for the coverage out of their own pocket. COBRA gives workers up to 60 days to decide if they want to continue coverage,Lenovo ThinkPad X201T, it and gives them another 45 days to pay the premium.
The workers are striking because of what it feels are unfair concessions to its contract. Verizon wants freeze pensions, tie pay to compensation,Samsung Series 9 NP900X3A, make it easier to fire workers, and require employees to contribute to their own health benefits. Executives have said the cuts are necessary for the landline business to remain competitive with that of the cable operators,HP EliteBook 8540W XT904UT, who don't have union workers.
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