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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TG43" data-source="post: 2338556" data-attributes="member: 49675">Verizon workers (CWA union) were out for a couple months recently and made out pretty well from what I understand.  They got an 11% raise over 4 years compared to 6.5% the company proposed, etc.  I'd think the Teamsters union/members could learn from their strike.  It seemed a positive outcome for their members, I know our trade is a lot different obviously but it's under current economic times.I have a couple friends that are mechanics at Verizon.  They don't have degrees and make a few dollars more an hour than UPSers.  It amazes me some people think UPS is the only good paying job out there without having a degree.</blockquote>