In These Times
By Alexandra Bradbury
April 26, 2017
You know you're getting the short end of the stick as a worker, but you don't really know why," says Joe Tarulli, a Staten Island Verizon tech who's put in 17 years with the company. "They make it seem like these rich people are just lucky they got the right chances, and these poor old working folks, nothing ever goes right for them. No! These corporations are doing it on purpose."
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Last spring Tarulli and 39,000 Verizon workers were forced out on a 49-day strike to fend off outsourcing and other concessions demanded by the company, even as it raked in billions of profits. Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders walked the picket line with them to draw media attention to their battle against corporate greed. But in the general election, Tarulli says many of his coworkers went on to vote for Donald Trump, who spoke to the anger that had motivated them to strike in the first place. "Trump's a great communicator," says Tarulli. "For a long time people felt ignored, even by their own unions, because these companies take advantage of them so badly."
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