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Meanwhile, across the river it's amazing that somebody needed a court order for obeying the law & acting like humans:

 

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has obtained injunctions from courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that could limit the activities of employees on picket lines, including an order that picketers not throw objects or block access to Verizon facilities.

 

According to an injunction from the Superior Court of New Jersey, activities local unions are prohibited from engaging in include "dropping, spreading, throwing, placing or otherwise causing nails, glass, cinder blocks, feces, clubs, rocks, screws or puncture devices of any kind, or other objects" to be placed or thrown on Verizon property and adjoining roads.

 

Verizon has accused striking employees of vandalizing its property, and sparking outages for its FiOS TV, Internet and telephone services by cutting sections of its fiber infrastructure.

 

Injunctions Verizon won from courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania also prohibit acts of violence and vandalism, and order union members to not enter Verizon facilities for any other reason than performing company work.

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Pissing off customers for the company you work for so they never come back and buy services from your competitors isn't the way to get your free bennies and pensions funded very well...

 

they had a guy from Verizon on the radio show this morning talking about this very issue today in VA. Incidences of vandalism to Verizon equipment has nearly tripled in the month the strike in VA has been going on...

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