45K unionized Verizon Communications workers strike after talks fizzle over new labor contract

NEW YORK ? Thousands of Verizon Communications Inc. workers are on strike from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., over labor issues.

Dozens of people wearing red shirts and carrying signs have gathered outside Verizon?s headquarters in New York City on Sunday. They?re carrying signs saying they?re ?on strike for middle-class jobs.?

The company is asking for changes in their contract including employee contributions to health care.

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