Associate Press
New York - Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that includes
1,300 new call center jobs and npearly 11 percent in raises over four years but also makes health care plan changes to save the company money, the company and unions said Monday.The pact, subject to approval by union members, stands to end one of the largest strikes in the United States in recent years. Workers and Verizon Communications Inc. had reached an agreement in principle Friday but hadn't released details or a date for the workers' return. The strike began in mid-April.
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