Verizon preparing for biggest strike in years

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Published April 12, 2016 5:57pm EST | Updated November 1, 2023 7:57am EST



About 40,000 Verizon employees may strike on Wednesday in an effort to push the telecommunications company to reach a new contract that limits outsourcing and improves pension benefits.

The employees, who primarily work for Verizon’s East Coast landline phone and internet operations and have been working without a contract since August, are represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

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