Striking Verizon workers score 11% raise

Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement, The Associated Press reports.

The contract includes 1,300 new call center jobs, a nearly 11 percent raise over a four-year period and a a first-time contract for Verizon wireless store workers.

The deal with the Communications Workers of America union would end one of the largest U.S. strikes in recent years.

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