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Verizon and striking unions reach tentative contract agreement

Some 40,000 striking Verizon workers are poised to resume their regular job duties next week after their unions and the company reached a tentative contract agreement today.

The strike has caused widespread service and installation delays, concerns among corporate customers that their needs would be neglected, as well as violent confrontations and allegations of vandalism and sabotage.

Though the details of the pact have yet to be made public, it reportedly will run for four years and for the first time cover Verizon Wireless workers.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Milwaukee County Board rejects tentative union contract – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The board voted 11-6 to defeat the tentative contract with District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents more than 3,000 of the county’s 5,600 employees. Some union backers on the board …

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