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Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. said 6,300 workers, or 68% of its work force, walked off the job at Connecticut’s largest phone company as contract talks with the Communications Workers of America broke down. . . . Meanwhile, the CWA resumed negotiations with US West after a federal mediator ordered the two sides to do so. About 34,000 US West workers have been on strike since Aug. 16 after contract talks broke down.
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