So, approximately 36,000 Verizon workers are striking this week, which leads Verizon subscribers

like me to say, well, were there ever Verizon workers?

But apparently, they're led by communications workers of America, as one union, and the

international brotherhood of electrical workers, the IBEW, another union.

Here's what they demand.

They think that Verizon has been hiring workers from abroad.

They want them to stop that. And outsourcing to lower wage contractors, they want them to stop

that, shutting down call centers and shipping them to India. They want to stop that, and requiring

technicians to travel. They also complain that Verizon has not expanded its FIO service,

which is sort of weird and ironic if you consider that these workers

would presumably prefer that Verizon pay them more for less work, but still have enough money

left over to build more infrastructure. Verizon apparently has a Scrooge McDuck money bin hidden

somewhere in New York City, and its board members swim in it daily while quacking and shortling

over mass layoffs of Americans. So what does that mean? Well, naturally,

Senator Bernie Sanders, socialist of Loonbaggia, descended on the strikers to inform them,

while constantly playing the airbongos, that Verizon was out to screw them because Verizon is evil.

He said, they're going on strike because they refuse to be beaten down by a greedy corporation

who could care less about them or the people of this country.

All they want is more and more profit.

It doesn't matter what happens to their employees or the people in America.

They want to cut benefits for their employees.

They want to throw American workers out on the streets.

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