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SBC Employees are Deranged
“Tired of being sick and Tired!”
“Tired of being sick and Tired” is a
phrase that’s being said everyday by the little people or the hard working
non white collar class. From the low paying jobs to outsourcing jobs that’s
here in the U.S. to cheap laborers in countries like India and Philippines,
is one of the main reasons that the people are sick. This explains why more
than 100,000 union employees that work for the 2nd best local phone company
was on strike for four days around the US in thirteen different states.
What put the strike in place was one, the outsourcing of 29,000 union jobs
that was lost in the last three years and two, greed from the “fat cats”
that sit in those nice leather chairs thinking of what new toy they are
going to buy with their million dollars bonus. With more than three months
of negotiating between (CWA) -Communicator Workers of America and SBC about
job security and healthcare benefits it forced the union workers to show
that they ain’t scared to do just more than talking, but to back their talk
with the walk.
Speaking to 6 loyal employees standing outside the SBC branch office in
Greenspoint off of Greens Rd. they told AAN&I that “the company shows no
loyalty to longstanding employees that’s been giving consistent non stop
work for the better of the company.” “We shouldn’t have to go through this
so we can keep our jobs from being exported or so we don’t have to pay for
our on benefits when the company profits over a billion a year”, they said.
The ladies picketed outside the building with no fear and the dislikeness of
the “scabs” (a non management worker that cross the picket line) until the
strike came closer to the end.
With an estimation of 5 million union families that get phone service from
SBC, the company had no choice but to come to some type of agreement with
the union, so they would not start to lose their major customers. SBC agreed
to a tentative deal that guarantees work for its more than 100,000 union
employees and could cut outsourcing of jobs. The CWA members will vote in
June on this 5 -year deal.
With faith in what’s right the people of the work force can come together
and make these fat cats bow down to the people that’s making that company
what it really is. Let the truth be told. Without those hard workers there
wouldn’t be no SBC, McDonald’s, CenterPoint Energy or even the local Mom and
Pops business. Like Dr. Pamela Hill say “The struggle Continues for the,
good of the people”
T. Sloan saying “May the African-American News&Issues with a Black
Perspective Force be With You”!
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