45K Verizon Workers Strike Over New Contract

[rexbreed]

This is so dumb! The union boss said to practically attack people who were working who weren't in the union. It's awful he said to scream and torture them! That's just completely and totally wrong!

[TonyCiel]

Low life trash in the streets. If they were so smart and better than anyone else why dont they start their own business? Why suck off the ideas of others then demand top end pay for a shitty job they are doing running verizon into the ground. Unions are nothing but bitter drunks, dopeheads and lazy people demanding they do no work for high wages.

[hajqbvii]

27 billions in profits????.....Easy to see why there's a 'Class Warfare' in american politics.

[ScottSiravo]

I have Verizon but I now wanna switch because I now relize that they suck they don't care about theyre users!!

[robpac2058]

If only verizon spent more time caring about their customers and their employees than makin their employees miserable and their customers stuck in a recording when they call. There wouldnt be any strike. Btw dont believe everything you hear in the media they exaggerate everything. Heck if what kdka said today is true? I would have a 100k salary and pay 100 bucks for healthcare! And a flying pink elephant

[robpac2058]

Workers want a fair contract. Verizon walked away from the table. They wanted us to strike. Verizon wants to get rid of 35mi. Transfer rule. Stress leter(eliminate forced ot rules) to force workers to work ot no matter how many hrs they put in in the week.(theres a reason why verizon workers have a high percentage of divorce rates. Lets not forget verizon forced 45 families to transfer 450 mi from home only to ask them exactly a year later to volunteer to move back on their own dime.

[robpac2058]

Huh!! Legacy service? They never mention that wireline handles all fios services. As for the declining landline phones? What they dont tell you is how many of these "declining" numbers have been switched over to fios service. Verizin went from 30-70 bucks per customer per month to 100-300 per customer thanks to fios. Fios is wireline! Show me those profits. Smoke and mirrors. And lets not forget wireless was built on "legacy landlines"...

[toyotabedzrock]

They install Fiber too, that is not an end of life business.

And millions still depend on phone and DSL lines.

[wander1273]

aawebxpress, smacksportvideos, roku check out and look up

[MastaBlasta22]

Socialist scum...the lot of ya

[Toka313]

#Solidarity Forever.

[ladylordess]

Verizon, fire them!!!! There are people that would gladly do the job and be reasonable.

Wouldn't that be a change?

[ladylordess]

@cmfluteguy I hope you get what you wish on others.

You see, I will never be jobless, as I create jobs.

[JakDerrida]

@ladylordess If anyone can do the job, trolls like you would be doing it.. So you're wrong.

[ladylordess]

@JakDerrida See? I was right!  Even a troll like you CAN do the job of these dinosaurs.

[Bpers2001]

Ah, Corporate greed, all done on the backs of hard working American people.

Apparently 27 Billion just isn't enough to treat your employees to decent wages and benefits.

When is "enough" enough?

[supportthejerseymob]

GLAD THEY ARE TAKING A STAND ON ELITIST CORPORATE GREED, GOOD LUCK GUYS.

[IndianaTruth12]

Not going to get it! So just start rioting 

[SharkDude1]

The word "Union" is just another word for "Mafia".  so screw these people.

[Pax00Imperium]

@SharkDude1 Read up about what the Unions have done for us. Much of the rights and safety laws we have are due to Unions. As for you saying they are like the Mafia, that is bullocks, simply. The politicians and corporate board of directors are more like Mafia.

[WONDOCTORJ]

VERIZON SUCKS !!!!

Get a job at a real company you commie complainers!

When I talk to you guys on the phone, you are dumb and rude.......

Just like your pathetic commie protests.......

I dare you to come work for me and then complain.....

FIRED !

[JFAINTER88]

get what u can get thats what i say. thas what everyone is doing.

[roflwaffle12321]

itv: people that regret dropping out of highscool or majoring in communications at devry.

[roflwaffle12321]

>work for verizon >expect union >no union >protest >no one cares.

[petefentonp]

Fire them

[rehatiels]

lol Verizon sucks anyways XD

[BkBeast23]

people are out of work and these greedy fuck faces have the nerve to go on strike

[oobaby85]

@BkBeast23 10000000000% agreed.

[seeker267]

@BkBeast23 - It's understood that people are out of work. That doesn't give a company that made 27 billion profits in 3 months the right to treat their employees like crap. If you don't band together and stand up for what's right you will be walked on, abused and thrown out like trash.

I'm glad I don't use Verizon. If I did I would cancel them because of the way they treat their workers which should be their family. Is Greed the new Need in this world? They crap on their own for pete sake!!

[KenyanImport]

To Verizon Union: eat shit whiners.

[PainandMotivation]

you make 27 billion dollar profit and you want to take away benefits from your workers???? how much fucking profit you want to make ???? 100 billion jesus you want everything for yourselves don't you greedy Verizon ????

[jsmells9]

this is bullshit, milking the public for every cent greedy ass'. Our country fails when people stand idolly.

wats the solution revolution!

[JDaKingman]

fuck despotism

[heyitsmejason1]

can u hear me now suk grizzly bear dick

[EmergencyGear911]

Fucking union workers! *We have good jobs but we always want more! fuck everyone else, me first!!!*

[slider1320]

Opinions are like assholes... and most of the one's I'm readin here stink...

[ricebag]

i dont get why and when americans started defending corporations all a sudden......doesn't matter what the strikers and unions ask for they should be entitled to it if it's reasonable. you fools forget companies like verizon are profiting in the BILLIONS no matter what they give their employees

[RobertBtown]

fuck republicans

[taurnguard]

You can't really support strikers who are texting while they're striking.

[D0KTOR7]

Hey you, yeah you, the narrow-minded simpleton who goes to work everyday blindly, 40 hours a week for shit-all pay. Why don't you stand up for your rights and the wealth that you deserve to be making! DO YOUR MATH; if these companies paid their workers a bigger share of their profits, then people would be making along the order of 100-200k dollars a year. But they don't because they are simple-minded folk. Instead, let the pigs horde the money from the worker ants.

Demand it and stop dreaming.

[MrRaptur3]

Perfect time to get a job there!

[calamazue1989]

Can you hear me now ?

[threefiveZ]

@calamazue1989 Loud and clear.

[ArtisanTony]

Employees exist to make the company profit. This is not Europe. If you want free stuff and big salary start your own company.

[SgtFROGthesecond]

People get hurt selling phones?

[Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh]

If Verizon is not making money, how could you ask them not to fire anyone?

[capucchan8]

I hate unions but I also hate Verizon, um, I think I will remain neutral on this and not make any comments

[ultrapirtle]

Imagine even Vorizon's workers hate their contracts...

[JogBird]

unions are like the tea party, never want to compromise, ever.. its their way or the highway, dumbasses

[discolarry124]

So there is no misunderstanding here! Verizon made 20 Billion "profit" in last 4 yrs What people fail to realize is "If it was not for the unions" the word "BENEFITS" would not be in any corporations "expense/operating budget". So many of you today who get benefits, union person or non-union, &  even management person came from the "UNON" The Union is NOT asking for much! we are being Reasonable, please don't "always" believe what a Corporations's Public Relations person saids these days.

[paulnicolasrubi]

Hey! To all the whining snots that are agains the Verizon strike: do you always open your mouths and demonstrate your stupidity & ignorance about labor laws and workerss' rights in the United States. Workers have the right to collective bargaining and striking. It's stupidy like yours that destroys American--not workers on strike. Unions helped create the middle-class--you friggin' prigs. And it's stupidity like yours that is destroying the United States.

[pnnzr]

My friend works for Verizon and he gets payed complete in comparison to other companies.

[DragonsKing91]

These unions are the reason why most U.S companies are going with oversea labors instead of keeping it here. I would like to see how are they going to go on strike when they are no longer have a job.

[threefiveZ]

@DragonsKing91 Maybe we should just make America more competitive? Perhaps we can lower the standard of living of this country to match these third world nations where our jobs are being outsourced? That will bring them back! Right???

You are worse than any Anti-American, multicultural leftist, any hood wearing Klansman, or any Jihad spitting Islamist. You are the cancer that is killing this country.

[DarkenedClarity]

@NewYorkOlympians if you own a car, or land, and are in the US and not some damn illegal and don't have all you're shit in you're moms name like a bitch you do!

[trojanspaghetti]

notice how fat some of them are ?

i know how they could save some money

these folks about as big a whiners as the welfare cases working for the military - btw, if you got paid what you deserved then your pay would be cut by 75%

[BertGriffin88]

Verizon's CEO Seidenberg steps down & lets COO McAdam take over. Hey, can you hear me now? Poor CEO Seidenberg only made $12Million last year. Now listen to me you poor 48,000,000 BottomClass American Workers, we, the Bush&Dick Republican TeaBagging Bonerheads will be taking away your right to strike. Yall saw what Minnesota's Governor Walker did to it's state workers. So shut your mouths & work for nothing. That's how America rolls these days. The BigRich get richer & they screw the poor. Crap!

[xs1ner]

Just like their customers Verizon employees are spoiled as  fuck.

[LocalScumBag123]

Verizon, hire illegal immigrants_save millions/make millions more = No more strikes...

[threefiveZ]

@LocalScumBag123 You only confirm my belief that there is no hope for this country. Let me guess, you are a white person.

[LocalScumBag123]

@threefiveZ Someday I just might save your life???

[threefiveZ]

@LocalScumBag123 Humor me. How so???

[MartianStories]

So, the people who are on strike are the ones who work in the part of the business that installs HOMEPHONES? AND THEY WANT THE SAME DEAL THEY USED TO HAVE, ALTHOUGH NO ONE ELSE GETS THAT?!?!

IN A DEPRESSION?????????

Get the fuck out of town.

FFS. I know people who JUST GOT BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN, WERE GETTING SHOT AT, HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES, AND CANT FIND A JOB!

[CertifiedGooner729]

These people have a lot of nerve. How many are unemployed?

[r3asons]

get rid of unions

[AsAboveSoBelow01]

@r3asons

Yeah, screw unions. Let corporations crush everyone to make a profit.

[chena3]

fire all of them....

lot of replacements available

[sketchyj]

Verizon should just fire every employee that is technically considered "overweight", meaning they have a disproportionate amount of body fat in comparison with what is considered healthy. These people have already shown that all they know how to do is take take take with no self discipline. These fat people are the ones who are always crying that they don't have enough and they need more more more.

[knocternal51]

They already have replacements for them overseas

[suzan908]

"Don't know what you got .. till it's gone"

[dfg93353]

OPEN YOUR EYES AMERICA! They want to privatize the whole country. Don't let them!! REVOLT!!

[Thingamajig12]

they made 27 billion in 3 months of this year. Fucking big corporations using the recession as an excuse to fuck over the working class so the CEO can keep raking in millions and buy himself a new personal jet.

[MrJeepin420style]

@Thingamajig12 he doesn't need a personal jet he gets to use the company jet for his own personal use its in his contract.

[suzan908]

want want want ... no wonder jobs are going over seas .. people complain to much... I would shovel crap at this point.. just to get a pay check and be able to eat and have a roof over my head..

[JenniferLoni]

Just fire them and hire new workers there are plenty of unemployed out there... They should be happy with just having a job.

[suzan908]

@JenniferLoni I agree fire them.. if they can't work by the companies rules.. I mean seriously it's a business. nothing personal do your job.. wow they don't know how lucky they are at this point.. i'm sure they will complain when they don't have a job .. lol idiots

[NewYorkOlympians]

@suzan908 yea, so who is going to run it while they are fired, you dont know how to run a bussiness, how long is it going to take to train new people to work? do you know how much money they would lose? fire them like you say? then uneploment=taxes bitch!

[suzan908]

@NewYorkOlympians now now don't get mad at me i'm just stating an opinion here.. and no doubt they will have replacements over seas.. seeing that they are not going to work but, complain about it.. this is why most of our jobs go over seas .. it's because people complain over spill milk .. like you are right now.. can't have your cake and eat it too.. gotta work work work .. remember we are just slaves.. lmfao.. it's true.. get a clue moron

[NewYorkOlympians]

@suzan908 ohh we are slaves, but if us slaves fight back they are clowns? see you need a clue, fail once agian..remember you said your a slave, lmao

[suzan908]

@NewYorkOlympians your a slave too moron.. we all are.. you pay taxes too right?? idiot

[NewYorkOlympians]

@suzan908 no i dont pay any taxes you fucking dick, do you know me? how do i make a living then you ask?i do it in a way i dont have to..i live in a slaves world, but i am not the slave

[suzan908]

@NewYorkOlympians ah I see your one of the deadbeats.. that make everyone else pay for your taxes.. the greedy fuck.. and you complain about this company stepping on their workers.. lmfao.. your crooked too..

[NewYorkOlympians]

@suzan908 LMAO. you meaning that since i dont pay taxes, people like you your cover my part? lmao..that is why you are a slave....tax is against the constitution you fucking sheep..your the reason the country and gov is corrput, you dont do shit!.. when did i complain about verizon and they workers?FAIL! you seriously are one lame ass..no wonder you fail..keep paying those taxes you fool! cuz when times comes to collect your gov anit gonna give it back! SHEEP! the are robbing you blind! QE3!

[suzan908]

@NewYorkOlympians yeah well keep not paying taxes and see yourself in jail for along long time .. and btw I won't be the only one falling here O.o lol

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 It's funny how there are so many other countries in the world with much better safety nets and higher salary who manage not only to stay debt free but also managed to keep their countries from the clutches of corporations, yet you think these people should feel lucky.

Whats even more funny and even ironic is that you manage to label people who wants a better life as "idiots" while your country is going down the drain. I guess as long as it makes you feel good, it's all good.

[suzan908]

@thisisnotanick well it's true.. some people are just not thankful for what they have.. they want more and more.. does not make me feel good about it.. this is why america fell it's because of greed and selfishness.. and this video is a good example.. it's people like this that make america look like we don't want to work and we wonder why jobs go over seas ... all i'm saying is .. we are losing alot of jobs here in america.. sometimes you just have to bite the bullet..

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 "some people are just not thankful for what they have"

Of course not! If people "just stayed thankful for what they have" you wouldnt have any fucking rights at all.

Are you really that ignorant of history? Do you live in the real world or some utopian fantasy reality where being positive solves every problem?

It just blows my mind that you accuse these people for being greedy and selfish while their employer steps on them in its pursuit to GET MORE MONEY.

[suzan908]

@thisisnotanick yes not many are thankful for what they have.. hmm well I see that these people still have a job.. and of course the company is going to go for more money it's business. .. this should not come to a surprise to anyone that a company is going to go for a better opportunity in order to survive just like anybody and these people they are surviving they have a job in the scariest times we live in today.. yes keeping the faith solves every problem.. shit happens.. deal with it..

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 So you think it's fine that a company that made a profit of 27 billion $ goes after as much money as it can, but workers who protest when their health care and pension are taken away are greedy?

Shit happens because people like you not only let it happen, but cheer it on. You dont need faith to solve this problem, you need to think hard and look in the mirror.

I dont have to deal with it, my country is doing fine. You are the one who has to deal with it eventually.

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 I never claimed I knew what you've "had to deal with". You've actually more or less proved my point, that your positive attitude, faith and "be thankful" mantra hasnt gotten you a job, a car or healthcare.

Just because I dont live in the US doesnt mean Im unable to see facts and reality, if anything (and judging from your comments) I can see them better then you.

Oh on a side note, the US spends more money on healthcare per citizen then ANY other country in the world.

[suzan908]

@thisisnotanick you only read about it.. your not living it .. so you have no clue what it's about.. you sit there in your comfort zone thinking you know it all.. and criticize and degrade me what makes you a better person.. what because your country is doing fine?? and you feel you have no worries and tell me I have better start worrying.. what is that a threat??.. your not any better your a spoiled greedy fuck too..

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 "you have no idea what I dealt with"

"you sit there in your comfort zone thinking you know it all" "your a spoiled greedy fuck "

So when it's about you, I dont know anything, but when it's about me, you know everything? How about you practice what you preach?

I never degraded you, however you seem only to hear what you want to hear, aka confirmation bias.

I dont "think" I know anything, I deal with facts and reality. I might not live there, but at least I know how to spell properly.

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 You seem to be guilty of just about everything you have accused me of. And usually people dont get impressed when you know your own language. It's expected.

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 In what way was I degrading you? Obviously you have problems with "your" and "you're", and I thought it is was kinda ironic that you accused me of not knowing anything because I dont live there. If you think it's "degrading" that people correct you when you spell something wrong, you have some serious issues.

I informed you that I wont have to "deal with it" because of the fact that I dont live in that country. You have to deal with it because you live there. Simple eh?

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 If anything its degrading that you cannot spell. I mentioned it to put things in perspective. Though I wasnt counting on you not having a perspective, and for that I apologize.

[thisisnotanick]

@suzan908 Well you said I dont know anything, when obviously it is the other way around. That is a fact and I will provide evidence if you want it.

You're saying I am degrading you by pointing out you cannot spell properly, which is also a fact and I will provide evidence if you want. Yet you have no problems calling me a "fucking greedy(?) bastard", or telling me to go to hell.

I never said your country is falling apart because of your comment.. Have you forgotten my first comments already?

[Jakzerstoren]

@suzan908 you're ridiculous...

[suzan908]

@Jakzerstoren i'm just bored..

[MastaBlasta22]

@thisisnotanick -Serously? The company made 27 billion but it wasn't because of Hardline!!!! Are you seriously going to say people still use pots lines? Do you really think you're that valuable to Verizon that you shouldn't pay ANYTHING for your healthcare????? Entitlement mentality during this financial enviroment? I know 45k people that will take your job tomorrow and I hope they do.

[thisisnotanick]

@MastaBlasta22 I dont work at Verizon, and I wouldnt want to.

I pay for my healthcare through taxes. This "entitlement mentality" certainly seems to work for my country and those using a similar model, judging from statistics; The US spends more money on healthcare per citizen then ANY other country.

[MastaBlasta22]

@thisisnotanick - Ok...you just went from a PRIVATE COMPANY paying for healthcare to a country. Do you see the difference? That's an important, and serious, question. If we would stop policing the world, get rid of the department of energy, department of education, war on drugs and several other wasteful government programs, we could afford to cover every citizens healthcare. Can't have your cake and eat it too!

[thisisnotanick]

@MastaBlasta22 Yes I see the difference. The difference is lower taxes for corporations. Corporations in the US treat their employees like a consumer product they can throw away when they stop working. If that is what you want, fine. But it is also the reason your country is going down the drain.

And like I said, the US spends MORE money on healthcare then ANY other country. You CAN afford it. How hard is this to understand?

[MastaBlasta22]

@thisisnotanick "Coporations treat employess like consumer products, where they throw you away if you STOP WORKING" Did you just say that? You're only as good as the work you do. Thats what BUILT America. If you don't work, you should be fired, or at least put on an action plan...which is what corporations do! As for the US affording healthcare for the entire country, we can only do it if we cut spending. Have you been in a black hole and missed the news and the fact our country is BROKE?

[thisisnotanick]

@MastaBlasta22 Yes that is almost exactly what I said. They view human beings as products, and the phrase "You're only as good as the work you do" illustrates that perfectly.

No I haven't missed the news. My point was that you already spend more money then necessary on healthcare. If you start treating people like humans and not products, maybe you dont have to spend so much money on healthcare.

Debt and the Military Industrial Complex built America, and not very well. Read history.

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 We are losing jobs here in America because our corporate elite are near sighted fools who care more about their bottom line than they do about the future of this country. By what you are implying in your post, you must desire transforming this country into a third world nation so it can "compete with the global economy". How about penalizing the people who outsource and hire illegals?!?

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ companies are not going to hire people that don't want to work or complain over stupid shit.. or that will cost them more to the point that the company can't afford employees ...i'ts fucking work it's not a nursery ffs.... wow lmao

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 A fair and decent wage is hardly "stupid shit". Ever heard of the Gilded Age? It is a period of American history where your impoverished philosophy reigned supreme. The company can't afford employees? With a 27 billion profit??? What you are doing is called a slippery slope argument, but whatever, you obviously endorse outsourcing and illegal immigration: anything to improve the bottom line. Work? Sign the line and join the military, then come back to me with your condescending tone.

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ go ask a veteran if he or she would like to have a job at verizon.. or ask a young adult that just graduate from college if they would like to have a job at verizon .. or a homeless person if they would like to have a job at verizon.. or a single mother who is homeless if she would like to have a job at verizon .. yes they are complaining over stupid shit.. try living out on the street with no food .. no healthcare.. no shoes. you greedy fuck.. take the 27 billion and shove it

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 I am a veteran and your precious tax money is paying for my education as we speak. Stew on that shit. You probably are some chickenhawk chickenshit who doesn't know the meaning of the word "work".

"Greedy fuck"...LMAO...you are the one here implying that these same people who you say have nothing are asking for too much from the people who are making $27 billion dollars in profit. Your silly, ad homenim projection of the flaws of your own argument onto me are simply pathetic.

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ okay so maybe not all veterans are out on the streets.. but, there are many.. and yes of course I know the meaning of work asso.. I don't cry like these fat fucks do .. and it's obvious they don't work and complain over stupid shit.. they want more so they can continue to sit on their fat asses.. so yeah they are greedy fucks.. and who gives a fuck about 27 billion dollars.. only the hogs give a fuck about it.. ooo I want that money.. so I can eat more.. haha

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 The reason why all of these people that you are crying about are suffering is because for the last three decades the wealth of this country has concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. This has happened precisely because of the very attitude that you are endorsing.

BTW...your moral logic seems to contradict itself. You are defending one person's greed against another's on the basis that greed is bad? How is one person's greed better than another's?

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ it's all about greed I did not say one's greed is better than anothers. .. these people really don't have the power to change anything... only thing they are going to do is cause more jobs to be shipped over seas.. company don't give a fuck.... money talks and surely they have it.. so if they can find another worker they will..

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 They wouldn't if our culture was different and if we had different laws such as penalizing outsourcing so it is not profitable. It is our attitude about the matter that makes us view it the way you are describing, and our attitudes can change. The invisible hand of the free market didn't build the Roman aqueducts or win the West. People who have a sense of themselves did those things, not magical markets. Our attitude about labor only reflects poorly on America.

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ ugh.. we don't live in a perfect world..anyway I guess if someone was all set such as yourself and others on here I talked to.. would take the time to complain about petty shit.. but when you have nothing..you have nothing to lose.. only to gain.. and at this point with alot of people who have nothing would take a job rather live out on the streets and go hungry....

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 So Verizon should fire their employees and hire cheaper labor more and likely foreigners? And we, Americans, should learn to accept that it is a global market and American labor must compete with third world nations?

You talk in circles BTW. We have already covered that someone's livelihood is not "petty shit". And again, those people you are talking about have nothing to lose because of the very same policies you defend.

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ yeah well those people you see in this video will also be out on the streets .. defend policies.. we are heading for a nwo .. they don't care hellooooo .. I think it's time for people to wake up and realize where we are heading your all stuck in the past.. these protest don't work they never did.. this is just what they want you to do is protest .. just gives them a reason to let more americans go and ship the jobs over seas..

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 Then do tell? What is your recommendation???

[suzan908]

@threefiveZ only thing to do is be prepared when the shtf .. it's only going to get worse with job losses etc.. thats why I was saying hold on to what you have now for a job.. and stock up on food etc..

[suzan908]

@suzan908 check out pdlumina videos..

[threefiveZ]

@suzan908 I will leave you with this because I believe that last response was made with sincerity and honesty: I feel what you are saying.

[AtheistDaddy]

@thisisnotanick sadly the real world does not offer evidence to those blinded by ideology.

[thisisnotanick]

@AtheistDaddy That seems to be my experience as well

[NewYorkOlympians]

@JenniferLoni yea, so who is going to run it while they are fired, stupid ass, you dont know how to run a bussiness, how long is it going to take to train new people to work? do you know how much money they would lose? fire them like you say? then uneploment=taxes bitch!

[Zoink555]

Some of those people are so fat I bet they can't work anyway!

[Vintage4]

I'm sure there are enough unemployed people to fill the void ;)

[KirbyPwnz13]

Ouch

[plozking5]

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