Humm, looks some what like the liberal presses class envy reporting.
OK, first I am not saying these guys were not cheated. I tend to agree they were, even if they were illegal. But looking deeper into the story, it shines a light on Verizon right up front, grabs you and makes you blam big business. But they are suppose to report truth, so a casual mention at the bottom states, "They must try to get it from a subcontractor three layers removed". So that is telling me Verizon contracted something out. Is that abnormal? That contractor subcontracted pieces to others, still pretty normal. One of those subcontracted the actual digging out, where Rodriguez comes into play. In reality seems a large stretch to Verizon from there. After all it is the subcontractor's responsability to hire legals, and pay them. I bet Verizon didn't even know about this until the articule came out! If someone was legally liable for this pay, it should be, would be the contractor that hired him. Cause I bet they charged the contractor that hired them the full amount, etc. up the chain. I'll bet Verizone didn't really get a "cut" at all, nor maybe even benefited as the story says.