One thing that needs to be pointed out right away is that of the more than 25,000 employees Verizon had when Dan Schulman took over as CEO, none have been members of the telecommunications union. He hasn't laid off a single union worker. He has completely focused on managerial and sales professionals.
The second thing that needs to be pointed out is that the reason no union members have been laid off is that the governments of California and New York would only approvate Verizon's acquisition of Frontier Communications if the union jobs were preserved. Presumably, =managerial and sales workers also vote, so one has to wonder why thee government regulators did nothing to protect Verizon's non-union workers. A lot of Verizon workers who were laid off were replaced by Frontier workers. It's sick, The merger should not have been approved without a guaranty of no layoffs. Our governments failed us.
Beyond that, Verizon's layoffs were unfair and indiscriminate. People with stellar performance reviews, in line for promotions, were suddenly let go, without recourse. Dan Schulman and his new management team did not even meet with the people they fired.
Verizon is in a highly regulated industry and should be sanctioned for its behavior.