One Year After 'No' Vote, Mass. Comcast Techs Go IBEW

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ibew.org/articles/13ElectricalWorker/EW1307/Comcast.0713.html

In his years working as a Comcast tech in southern Massachusetts, Scott Hartman never worried about job security — even as an at-will employee.

"I'd always felt secure on my job," said the father of two with 25 years in the business. "It was never really a major issue in mind."

But Hartman's work climate turned colder one day four years ago when he heard about a group of co-workers serving a nearby area who were suddenly — and without explanation — laid off. Many were veteran cable and fiber optic installation technicians who had given decades to the company. Workers were forced to clean out their company trucks. Management stationed taxis outside to take home the newly unemployed, who were replaced with contractors.

"Those workers had families to provide for and mortgages to pay, and their hard work and effort suddenly meant nothing," Hartman said. "That was an extremely harsh reality to accept."

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