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36,000 Verizon Workers Walk Off Job in One of Largest U.S. Strikes in Years

In today's headlines, about 36,000 Verizon workers have gone on strike along the East Coast, from Massachusetts to Virginia, marking one of the biggest U.S. strikes in years, about 100 more people have been arrested in Washington, D.C., as part of the ongoing Democracy Spring protests, Verizon has sought to cut pensions and ease the outsourcing of work, Ccashes erupted between Donald Trump supporters and protesters outside the Republican front-runner’s rally in Pittsburgh Wednesday night, and more.

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