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canoeist52

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1. “Corporate Greed: Is there an app for that? " -love this

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 07:23 PM

May 2012

"Verizon, according to workers, is pleading poverty in negotiations with the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, demanding wage and benefit givebacks amounting to $20,000 per worker.

At the same time, the company has tripled CEO Lowell McAdam’s compensation from $7.2 million to $23.1 million annually."

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Workers expose Verizon’s corporate greed [View all] Omaha Steve May 2012 OP

“Corporate Greed: Is there an app for that? " -love this canoeist52 May 2012 #1

Hence why they need the givebacks. mythology May 2012 #3

I would kill for a job with Verizon. I have 2 friends crazyjoe May 2012 #2