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Phone Strike Averted by 7 Percent Pay Hike
Washington reports a settlement halts a national telephone strike with a wage and benefit increase of 7 percent for Communications Workers of America and Western Electric employees. Ratification by 25,000 workers across the country is expected within three weeks. Negotiations with state systems start soon to set Bell system pattern for contracts.
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New York
Johnson Administration
Communications Workers of America
Western Eectric
CWA
Joseph A. Beime
Western Electric