About 40,000 East Coast Verizon workers, including
4,600 in New Jersey, will return to work Wednesday, seven weeks after
walking off the job in protest of what they said were unfair contract
negotiations with the telecommunications giant.
Verizon and labor leaders reached a tentative,
four-year agreement on Friday, ending in August 2019. Workers will receive a
10.5 percent increase in wages over the contract term, and Verizon agreed to
hire an additional 1,400 U.S. workers.
