The Nation - News from June 5, 1986
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Top negotiators for American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and striking telephone workers met for an hour, but they made little or no progress toward ending the nation’s largest strike in three years. Four days into the walkout, by 155,000 members of the Communications Workers of America at the telecommunications giant, the two sides were still far apart on several issues, officials from both sides said.
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