Quote:You keep saying they're in a losing division of the company, but that division of the company provided 8.9 billion dollars in operating profits last year.  

 

Operating "profits"?  I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers.  A link or a source would be nice.  Here is what I read from multiple sites.

 

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It's true that Verizon continues to post record profit, but most of that is coming from its wireless business
. The "wireline" business that most CWA workers serve is in decline
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Wireline sales have been steadily falling
over the past several years. Last year sales fell by nearly 2%, and Verizon lost 1.4 million voice customers.
To help make up for the losses
, Verizon continues to offload some of its wireline assets, and it has been offshoring some of its workers overseas. The company says it saved $300 million in employee costs in 2015.

 

So were there supposed "profits" out of that division?  Maybe so, but it's probably more due to getting rid of the "bad assets" and offshoring workers.  Why would they do that?  Could it possibly be because American workers are/were demanding too much?

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