This strategy was helped by the recent merger. The union has gained important concessions in both areas. Management agreed that it will recognize new bargaining units when a majority of workers have signed cards indicating they want a union. This allows the union to bypass the lengthy, tortuous route with the NLRB known as election certification. Verizon also agreed to place limits on jobs that can be transferred to other areas of the company.
Unionization is bound to increase.
There are upcoming contract negotiations affecting tens of thousands of workers. It shouldn't be hard to organize the former Bell Atlantic wireless workers. Only 46 are union members. When workers win Wall Street weeps. After a decade of great economic growth, it's time to give something back to the workers without whom it wouldn't of happened.