Even on Tuesday, the north country Verizon workers continued to picket in order to attract attention to their mainly related to issues of reduced membership and job security. Almost 36,000 workers have joined the strike.

Gene Cota, Verizon employee for eighteen years said, "They want to close down call centers, close certain buildings, shuffle people around."

Gene Cota said the issues for strikes are not always related to money. He said, "Pension and medical are not a big issue right now. They always give us a percentage increase for salary, and that always looks good for them. People see that and say, 'Hey, they're making good money. What are they complaining about'?"

According to Cota, the company wants to be able to relocate the workers and transfer them to buildings that are located farther away. He said that the company also could to allocate people to provisional locations for around two months. As of now, the temporary relocation is three weeks maximum. The current limit for involuntary transfers is up to thirty five miles now and the company wants to extend it to seventy miles. He says that will disrupt family life for the workers.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union says Verizon intends to cut down the percentage of union workers in its call centers and give out many technician jobs in contract.