45,000 Verizon Workers Go On Strike

WASHINGTON - Some 45,000 Verizon Communications Inc. workers went on strike Sunday morning after their contract expired midnight Saturday, according to reports. Verizon said in a statement that it couldn't reach an agreement with its workers in two unions representing the company's wireline employees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and union leaders announced a deal to call a strike, the phone and internet company said Sunday.Copyright © 2011 MarketWatch,

Read more ...