Verizon is preparing for a strike involving 38,000 unionized employees, as talks with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) continue to drag on. Verizon is currently training 15,000 non-union employees as a contingency to a possible work stoppage. FierceTelecom has a complete look at how Verizon is responding to its union situation in this report.