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- 1 2 3 4 "Verizon Strike, day three", CNN Money, August 8, 2000
- ↑ "Verizon Strike Historic Challenge to 'New Economy'"
- ↑ Simon Romero, "Verizon Strike Settled in Full After Accord On Overtime", New York Times, August 24, 2000
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