Verizon Lawyer Hits Striking Employees with His Porsche: Union

[seafan]

Source: Telesur

Around 40,000 Verizon employees went on strike Thursday, and two of them were struck by a member of management driving a luxury sports car, according to their union.

According to the Communications Workers of America, two members of the union in Gaithersburg, Maryland, "were hit by a Verizon management attorney driving his Porsche." One of those struck was not seriously hit, "but the second was taken to the hospital." Their status is currently unknown.

Another incident involving a Verizon manager and their car allegedly took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There the manager "had a confrontation with a police officer and ignored the officer's direction to stop," according to the union. "The manager tried to drive away but was later arrested."

Asked for comment, a Verizon spokesperson denied the incidents took place.

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However, a photograph posted on the union's website shows Gaithersburg police surrounding a black, two-door Porsche.

Verizon employees are striking to protest proposed cuts to their health and pension benefits. The company, which sells internet, television and phone service, has been attempting to negotiate a new contract with its employees since June 2015. The last contract expired in August 2015.




Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Verizon-Lawyer-Hits-Striking-Employees-with-His-Porsche-Union-20160415-0031.html

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CWA union's website:


Outside the Gaithersburg, Md., Verizon facility, police investigate a manager for hitting two strikers with his Porsche.


This $%*@ is getting real.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

1. did you know that the only use of the airforce on american soil

was against union members

[forest444]

7. Now that's class warfare.

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Thank you for pointing out this crucial fact, which I in fact did not know and, I suspect, most Americans don't know either.

In a way, I'm glad this incident with the Porsche took place (assuming no one was hurt). It may help disabuse many out there of some of these cold war-era notions about "class warfare" - at least, as they were told to understand it.

[Hortensis]

25. I hadn't heard that, but troops have obligingly

shot down striking workers for business in a number of incidents, of course. And not all those arrested returned safely home.

I just read about this battle again. I confess I'd forgotten just how bad it was. One of the accounts said that the union companies hired private planes to drop bombs they made and that Army planes assisted by sending information, but not by dropping military bombs. ??

[1StrongBlackMan]

28. I'll post this to you because I suspect you will listen ...

the first American governmental use of air power against it civil population was at Tulsa in May of1921 and not a single white person... er, union member was killed in the governmental assault.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot

It was all about a much deeper American hatred.

[forest444]

38. 300 dead; 10,000 homeless - and one rarely hears of this.

Except in a book by Howard Zinn or someone like that (which few read) or in an old PBS documentary (which few watch). If schools mention it at all to students, I suspect it's usually in the context of a "race riot" (implying that black Tulsans were somehow to blame).

Thanks you for bringing this up! It's worth a thread in itself - and should definitely get one this May 31, on the 95th anniversary of the massacre.

The Tulsa "race riot":

[Hortensis]

47. My god, 1Strong, I don't think I ever heard of that,

or did but in some way that completely failed to relate its enormity. I'm pretty sure Blair Mountain was in my Econ History of the U.S. class, though. Poignant to imagine, while Greenwood was burning in 1921, the mine war battles were also taking place elsewhere.

One book description mentions an era of suppression of what happened. I know Amazon is far, far too big, but I love having my biggest immediate problem being which extensively reviewed book to order for almost nothing.

My daughter had spine surgery in Tulsa last week, and it turns out to have not been very far from the Greenwood District. I just google-mapped it because of a mention of rebuilding, then decline and attempted renaissance, hoping to see something of the rebuilt Greenwood, but it seems to have been erased.

[appalachiablue]

10. The Battle of Blair Mountain, Aug. 20- Sept. 2, 1921. Ten thousand coal miners

faced an army of 3,000 lawmen enlisted by the local anti-union sheriff and strikebreakers backed by coal operators to prevent unionization in the southern coalfields of West Virginia. The event was the largest labor uprising in US history and one of the most organized and well armed conflicts since the Civil War.

Towards the end, US Army forces were dispatched to the site by presidential order and private airplanes carrying bombs left over from WWI dropped shells on several towns and communities. Many of the brave and determined miners were military veterans of WWI and it was ultimately decided they would disarm in the face of federal authorities. The Blair Mountain Miners Battle took place in areas around 'Bloody Mingo' County, and Logan County where I was born.

A Group of Miners Display One of the Bombs Dropped in the Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia, 1921.

[forest444]

14. You answered my question. Thanks!

And above all, thank you for all this information. This should be mandatory reading in all high school history courses (but, of course, isn't).

The fact that that you have a personal connection to these events makes it that much more interesting to read. Thanks again.

[Hoppy]

19. When I was teaching, my students knew about the Knights of Labor, I.W.W.,

The Grange movement, the Populist Party and the Progressives.

[forest444]

36. Kudos to you, Hoppy. All this should be mandatory reading in schools (but of course, isn't).

I'm sure you've seen the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan. It doesn't exactly deal with this very incident; but it does cover the Mingo County massacre around that same time.

Those days would surely come back if some had their way.

[ReRe]

30. Read this one:

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Your library should have a copy of it, if you can't afford to purchase it.

[forest444]

35. Oh, yes. Thanks!

I have a copy; it's just been years, and I really need to dust it off.

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. Does May come before September? ... see Post 21 ...

No snark intended ... government does fucked up stuff to its citizens.

[Cracklin Charlie]

21. I read in a book...

That almost all, or maybe even all National Guard armories are built near larger industries that were having union unrest back in the days of union organization.

This actually holds true for at least four of the towns that I have lived in, and one of them (the one where I grew up), was a tiny, tiny town of about 3000 souls, with a huge cotton processing facility. That armory was really big, and practically across the street from "the compress" (that's what we called the cotton plant).

The two cities where I attended college had armories near a school bus factory, and a rice processing plant. And the city that I live in now has an armory about a quarter of a mile from a now out-of-business tractor manufacturing plant that was almost as big in size as my hometown. It is now a huge ghost town.

[Travis_0004]

31. it was the army. the air force didnt exist until 1947

[Scootaloo]

32. Don't forget the air raids on Tulsa in 1921

[Akicita]

42. The army air force was used at Pearl Harbor and also against Japanese invaders of the

Aleutian Islands.

[monmouth4]

2. My son is a Verizon employee on strike in Shrewsbury, NJ. I do not like this..nt

[Zira]

15. Good luck to him. Wishing he will be safe and will get everything he's striking for.

[monmouth4]

27. TY Zira, I'm sure he'll be fine..n/t

[forthemiddle]

41. The company has no reason to negotiate at this point

That is the problem as I understand it. They have all of their non union employees (I have a relative that is a project manager) filling in for all the union workers, and everything else is basically all on hold. The company is not sparing any expense to fly, house, and feed (along with mandatory overtime) these employees to do the jobs. In fact my relatives bill so far (air fare, and a mandatory one month stay in Manhatten was close to $14,000. That was just one employee.
Some things (like new projects) of course will suffer, but unforetunately it is the union workers that will suffer the most. From what I understand the union workers benefits all expire at the end of the month if they do not go back to work, and there apparently is very little to no strike funds, so how long will this strike go on.
About 4 years ago the exact same thing happened, and I believe the strike was over in two weeks, and then the union caved on almost all demands saying we will get it the next time. Now the next time is here and they are in the exact same place. At this point how long can the union workers hold out with a company that doesn't want to negotiate? I also understand that Verizon wants to get rid of all of their land line business, and some assume that this will hasten that process for them, along with severly curtailing the work force.

[Dragonfli]

3. K&R

[silvershadow]

4. Book 'em, Dano. Solidarity!!

What a cretin.

[azmom]

5. That looks really bad. Wow. Nt

[Divernan]

6. Hey! He was on his way to a Clinton fundraiser!

Cut the guy a break!

[Lancero]

20. Wonder what Clinton said when she heard?

"Shame on you! Now gimme donations!"

[C Moon]

23. I believe she pointed her finger and said, "Cut it out!"

[csziggy]

43. Link?

If this is fact post the link.

If sarcasm, post this:

[DisgustipatedinCA]

8. Verizon executives lied? No way. They just had a fundraiser with the bestest and most honest

candidate who ever lived.

[MrMickeysMom]

9. They got charged for damaging the car...

(little S word)

[tomm2thumbs]

11. oh the irony of stupidity burns such a deep hole in Verizon from the top of their ranks

[jfern]

12. Bernie welcomes the contempt of the Verizon CEO

[Equinox Moon]

13. Hmmm... This can't be good for business

[Duval]

17. I sincerely hope it isn't.

Glad the "hit 'em with a car" was arrested. Wonder if we'll find out what the charges are, or if he'll just post bail and leave.

[Equinox Moon]

37. The elite have special protections and will be let off...

... on some 'technicality'. Just like trump's manager did.

[47of74]

16. I'd call the Porsche driver a douche cannon fuck nugget.

But that would be insulting to douche cannon fuck nuggets.

[Duval]

18. Your description is adequate and funny!! nt

[cstanleytech]

44. If this actually happened and if it was done on purpose then I agree but

so far I havent seen any video nor read any news that corroborates the unions story which is odd because you would think there would have been an arrest by now but then again its only been 24 hours so the news might just be delayed?

[KeepItReal]

22. Irony is, people he's aspiring to be would laugh at his entry-level Porsche Boxster

Not even a proper 911 Cabriolet they'd think.

D-baggery has many levels.

[Divernan]

24. There's a Ferrari driving, very important Hill booster on DU, ya know.

He's met/talked/spent time with all the really important people and can tell you their views on all things political,

AND, he's donated the max to Hills

AND he got his very own ticket to the last debate!

[rjsquirrel]

26. Nice car

Shame if something were to happen to it.

[sofa king]

33. All right, Plan B.

You might want to watch out the window there, Larry.

[socialist_n_TN]

39. LOL! That was my EXACT first thought.........

Great minds and all.

[NCjack]

34. Maybe the perp will buy the victim a new luxury sport car -- better than the cheap one

shown in the pict.

[socialist_n_TN]

40. Surely SOMEBODY knows who this douchebag is...........

His name, address, and phone number needs to be spread ALL over the internetz.

[Geronimoe]

46. Another case of affluenza