Verizon Workers Strike, 45,000 Employees Walk Off The Job

Over the weekend, 45,000 Verizon Communication VZ workers walked off the job after the union and the company were unable to come to a deal on a new contract. At hand, there were issues over health care costs and pensions. The dispute does not affect the wireless division, only the landline segment of the company. "We are out here fighting for our bargaining rights," said Sharon Bleach, 52, who has worked at Verizon for 25 years. "They want to take away our pensions, our medical; they want to cut our pay." "There was an individual who drove through the line and struck two of our members," said James Wagner, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1122.