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'Fundamentally transforming the U.S.A.' | You would think that they'd be saying 'Thank you'. |
A strike Sunday by some 45,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. marked a surprise move from diminished unions in a shrinking industry.
A quick resolution appeared unlikely as the two sides remained far apart. The unions seem to be digging in for a battle to protect what they said are 50 years of collective-bargaining gains.
"This is not going to be easy, but this is about middle-class jobs," said James Tate, 42 years old, a Communications Workers of America technician in New York.
Workers go on strike at the Hoover Dam (1931)
U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day (1974)
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership (1993)
President Barack Obama's SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan is sworn-in (2010)
b: Vera Zasulich (1849), Emiliano Zapata (1879), Chivu Stoica (1908), Arthur Goldberg (1908); d: Baldur von Schirach (1974)