Verizon, who has recently been quite happy to secretly turn over millions of loyal Americans' phone records to the government (and then lie about doing so!), now has a much more difficult choice to make about what's right. Do they cater to anti-union bias and Wall Street profit-grabbing? Or do they engage just a little in trying to make America better by not helping to destroy the middle class?

With global operating revenues last year of $106 billion (and only $31 billion in real costs), the company doesn't feel a need to really engage with its 45,000 striking workers. Last year, Verizon laid off lots of staff—2500 directly, [...]

Use Verizon? On the east side? Your phone might not work! "Due to a malfunction in Verizon's network, both landlines and AT&T cell phones (oh no, the iPhone!) connected to the network have reportedly been out of service. Verizon Communications Inc. says the 'digital cross connect' that connects calls on the East side of Manhattan from 20th Street to 40th Street is at fault."