Verizon makes 'last' offer to striking workers

“The company is committed to achieving new labor agreements, and we have put all of our cards on the table,” said Marc Reed, the company’s chief administrative officer. “With the company having provided its last, best, final offer, the ball is now in the hands of the uni-on leaders.”

One of the uni-ons representing the almost 40,000 workers on strike said in response to the offer that the work stoppage was continuing.

Leaders with the Communications Workers of America said in a statement that "Verizon workers remain on strike and are standing strong on the picket lines" and that “executives refused to back off of callous proposals that would hurt working families and destroy middle class jobs, including shipping jobs overseas and outsourcing work.”