Verizon: CWA and IBEW Break Off Contract Negotiations, Call Strike

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's attempts to reach a constructive new contract with two unions representing the company's wireline employees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states were unsuccessful, and union leaders announced a decision to call a strike.  In...

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