40,000 Verizon workers may go on strike

Unions representing 40,000 Verizon Communications Inc. workers are calling for a strike.

The strike would start tomorrow unless a new contract is reached.

Represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the employees largely work on the company's landline phone and Internet operations along the East Coast.

They're seeking better pension benefits and to prevent Verizon from outsourcing jobs to contractors.

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