P.M. BRIEFING : Bitter Telephone Strike Ends
A union representing 40,000 telephone workers in the Northeast signed a tentative agreement with NYNEX early today to end the last of the Baby Bell strikes begun in August.
The settlement was announced by the Communications Workers of America and NYNEX, which serves 10.5 million customers in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
The bitter, 16-week strike over health-care issues left one worker dead, delayed directory assistance, repairs and installation and was marked by more than 500 reported acts of vandalism.
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