The Union Way: Verizon Reports Sabotage as Workers Continue Strike

I've passed by the sniveling scumbags quite a few times in the past couple of days where I'm vacationing. I've made a point to roll down the window and spit in their general direction every time. They deserve it. They should consider themselves fortunate I show such restraint.

Verizon Communications Inc. reported a dozen cases of sabotaged cable lines and warned of delays in repairs and customer service on the second day of a strike involving about 45,000 employees.

The telecommunications company said there have been 12 acts of sabotage to telephone lines and to Internet and television services in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York since the strike began.

Fiber-optic lines were intentionally cut in Tewksbury and several other municipalities on the East Coast, the company said.

Stolen equipment in Cedar Grove, N.J., affected service to a police department, and a heat system was tampered with at a central office in Manhattan.

“This could be a dangerous situation if people need to reach fire, police, or emergency responders and can’t use their phone,’’ said Phil Santoro, a spokesman for Verizon.

Yeah, so if a few people die it's all for the cause or something. Why should these hard-working people have to pay a few extra bucks for their Cadillac health plans?

By the way, from the looks of things none of them are spending much on grooming or clothing. Seems more likely most of their disposable income goes towards liquor and drugs.

Myles Calvey, a business manager with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who is representing New England workers in the negotiations, said the union has no knowledge of its members committing any acts of sabotage.

“We don’t do that, and nobody in the union leadership supports any of that,’’ he said. The striking workers are members of the IBEW and the Communications Workers of America.

Sure, it's all just a coincidence. As if they'd admit to their own thuggery.