Verizon Case Study

Around 36,000 Verizon workers have decided to be on strike in order to against Verizon after ten months of negotiation. While the workers walk off the jobs, the union criticizes Verizon for it has hire 5000 workers in Mexico, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. In the U.S, Verizon is paying its workers at low-wage and hiring non-union workers. Although Verizon states that the wage has been risen by 6.5%, but it also asks the workers to bear health-care cost and demand their employees to work away from home for months.
While thousands of workers are on strike, Verizon has taken action to response to the walk-out. The company turned to the nonunion staffs to replace those on strike. According to the company, they have trained the substitute