'It's union busting 101': documents reveal Verizon's attacks on organized labor [telecom]

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The US's largest wireless provider encourages staff to use anti-union rhetoric and disparages previous unionization efforts

Michael Sainato

Unions offer "empty promises and unrealistic expectations" and don't act with "integrity", according to internal documents circulated by Verizon's human resources department and obtained by the Guardian.

In documents given to managers and employees the US's largest wireless provider encourages its own staff to use anti-union rhetoric and disparages previous unionization efforts within the company.