AT&T;, Union Avert Strike
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the Communications Workers of America said today they had reached tentative agreement on a contract dispute, averting a strike by 50,000 workers.
The union members had threatened to walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday. The strike would have initially affected workers for AT&T; Information Services, the arm of the giant telephone company that sells, installs and services telecommunications computers.
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